Wages
Service workers win battle over scheduling
May 31, 2017In New York City, all businesses who employ 11 or more non-tipped workers will have to pay a $15 minimum wage by the end of 2018.
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Dems try again to raise federal minimum wage to $15
May 26, 2017“In the year 2017, a job must lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it."
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CEO pay increases to 347 times average workers
May 9, 2017According to the new AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch, the average CEO of an S&P 500 company made $13.1 million per year in 2016 – 347 times more money than the average rank-and-file worker.
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It’s official: St. Louis City will raise the minimum wage
May 2, 2017St. Louis now officially joins around 40 other cities, including Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago that have raised the minimum wage.
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Resisters fight for $15 at Illinois state capital
April 28, 2017“To know that your children can ask you for a 97 cent match box car and you can’t even afford to do that, that's a hurtful thing as a parent."
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