Wages – Page 58 – People's World

Top AFL-CIO officials: “U.S. labor law must catch up”

August 20, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Modernized global economy requires a rewrite of the National Labor Relations Act and U.S. agreement and obedience to international labor law standards.

AFL-CIO puts spotlight on wage efforts in Twin Cities

August 17, 2015 By Barb Kucera

Ongoing campaigns to raise wages and improve working conditions in the Twin Cities are drawing national attention.

Bernie Sanders rallies in Northwest draw record crowds

August 10, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Sanders appealed for unity, and declared that having good jobs, racial, and gender equality, health care, and higher education for all "is not utopian dreaming."

AFL-CIO leaders push presidential candidates on labor’s Raising Wages Agenda

July 30, 2015 By John Wojcik

"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."

AFL-CIO adds single-payer insurance to its Raising Wages campaign

July 29, 2015 By John Wojcik

Union 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.