Wages
Oakland workers celebrate new minimum wage
March 2, 2015On Mar. 2, tens of thousands of Oakland workers will get a pay raise, and thousands more will have paid sick days for the first time.
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Unions ride the wave of low-wage worker organizing
February 24, 2015Workers caught the nation's attention by saying "Enough is enough!" to low wages, lousy working conditions and lack of rights.
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Trumka singles out fight against racism as key to raising wages
February 23, 2015"Racism and dog whistle politics is being used to keep us all divided, and that division holds back our ability to win wage increases and improve our standard of living."
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Walmart’s raise for workers “proof collective action works”
February 20, 2015Walmart announced today it was giving its lowest-wage workers a raise to at least $9 an hour by April and $10 an hour by 2016.
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A first contract for Brooklyn Cablevision employees
February 19, 2015"Many of us never thought we'd see this night come. Many workers had given up hope. But we stuck together through thick and thin."
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