Wages
MillionStudentMarch demands end to education profiteering, wage stagnation
November 10, 2015According to the #MillionStudentMarch website, 58 percent of the $1 trillion owed in student loans are held by the poorest 23 percent of Americans.
Read moreFast food workers wage biggest-ever strike Nov. 10
November 10, 2015Fast-food workers will wage their biggest-ever strike Tuesday - one year from Election Day - with walkouts hitting a record 270 cities from Detroit to Denver.
Read moreCampaign exposes widespread abuses of poultry industry workers
November 5, 2015Poultry workers in the United States suffer high rates of injury, earn poverty level wages and work in a climate of fear.
Read moreRallies for $15 minimum wage to be held nationwide November 10
November 5, 2015Polls show that Americans support raising the minimum wage - in recent years 14 states have done so.
Read moreSurvey: Health care premiums continue to outpace inflation and wages
October 30, 2015The survey confirms what most workers already feel: Health care costs are gobbling up more and more of their wages.
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