Wages
NY state raises minimum wage to $15, enacts paid family leave
April 7, 2016An increasing list of states, tired of GOP-ordered dysfunction in D.C., have raised their minimums.
Read moreEven before new $15/hour minimum wage signed, California workers celebrated
April 6, 2016The celebrations began early, even as California's new minimum wage law was still racing through the state legislature last week.
Read moreCalifornia poised to have highest state minimum wage
March 30, 2016California's $10/hour minimum - already the highest of any state - would rise gradually to $15 in 2022 for businesses with 26 or more workers.
Read moreWhat’s the value of this man’s work?
March 16, 2016His name is Kwaku Agyeman, and he has a job pushing wheelchairs for airport passengers who otherwise would have a hard time getting around.
Read moreImmokalee Farmworkers: Boycott Wendy’s for human rights abuses
March 14, 2016The coalition wrote Wendy's a decade ago, saying the chain should pay decent wages and stop human rights abuses in the fields, following guidelines of the coalition's Fair Food Program.
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