Wages
AFL-CIO puts spotlight on wage efforts in Twin Cities
August 17, 2015Ongoing campaigns to raise wages and improve working conditions in the Twin Cities are drawing national attention.
Read moreBernie Sanders rallies in Northwest draw record crowds
August 10, 2015Sanders appealed for unity, and declared that having good jobs, racial, and gender equality, health care, and higher education for all "is not utopian dreaming."
Read moreAFL-CIO leaders push presidential candidates on labor’s Raising Wages Agenda
July 30, 2015"It's a sign of the times and how important the fight is that five major presidential candidates would come here in a 24-hour period."
Read moreAFL-CIO adds single-payer insurance to its Raising Wages campaign
July 29, 2015Union leaders passed a resolution that calls upon the AFL-CIO to add a demand for single-payer heath insurance to the federation's Raising Wages campaign.
Read moreIs “human capitalism” the solution to shrinking wages?
July 29, 2015An article recently written in Forbes by a Mr. Ralph Benko proposes "human capitalism" as the solution to the shrinking wages and economic stagnation.
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