Wages
Rallies demand equal pay
April 10, 2014How unequal are women's wages? Women in the U.S., on average, are now paid only 77 cents to every $1.00 of men's average pay.
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Senate Republicans block equal pay bill
April 9, 2014GOP senators today killed the Paycheck Fairness Act, a mini-version of which President Obama ordered into existence yesterday for employees of federal contractors.
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Side order of wage theft with your pizza?
April 3, 2014Domino's drivers were illegally deprived of car maintenance payments and tips and employees were not paid overtime rates for working more than 40 hours in a week.
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Where is the movement to turn around this economy?
March 31, 2014To really keep up with just population growth some 200,000 good jobs, ones that pay a living wage, need to be created each month.
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AFL-CIO leads demonstration for minimum wage hike outside Heritage Foundation
March 31, 2014The labor movement turned up the heat today on opponents of a minimum wage increase by gathering outside of the Heritage Foundation.
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