Wages – Page 70 – People's World

Unions added 48,000 members last year

January 23, 2015 By PAI

Union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, but the workforce grew even more.

Grapes of Wrath: California farmworkers fight to unionize

January 20, 2015 By David Bacon

No union can survive without being able to win contracts and thus being able to make substantial changes in wages and conditions.

Labor expects bold action from Obama tonight on overtime pay

January 20, 2015 By John Wojcik

Overtime pay has increasingly moved to the top of labor's agenda because millions of workers are working overtime and not getting paid for it.

Rebel with a cause – a young Ferguson commissioner

January 16, 2015 By Al Neal

"It's always difficult being young and a minority of anything. Because you always end up asking yourself, 'will my voice really be heard?' "

Panelists at wage summit propose practical steps to raise wages

January 8, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

A panel of workers, a Laborer-turned-big-city mayor, a small business owner and others proposed practical moves for taking labor's "Raise The Wages," campaign nationwide.