Wages – Page 54 – People's World

Washington State electorate gives green light on important issues

November 10, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Tacoma voters approved a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2018, a partial victory.

MillionStudentMarch demands end to education profiteering, wage stagnation

November 10, 2015 By Emily Likins

According to the #MillionStudentMarch website, 58 percent of the $1 trillion owed in student loans are held by the poorest 23 percent of Americans.

Fast food workers wage biggest-ever strike Nov. 10

November 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Fast-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.

Campaign exposes widespread abuses of poultry industry workers

November 5, 2015 By PAI And Barb Kucera

Poultry workers in the United States suffer high rates of injury, earn poverty level wages and work in a climate of fear.

Rallies for $15 minimum wage to be held nationwide November 10

November 5, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Polls show that Americans support raising the minimum wage - in recent years 14 states have done so.