A Minimum Wage? A Fake Debate
Capitalism’s “conservative” defenders yet again oppose raising the minimum wage. They fought raising it in the past much as they tried to prevent the Fair… Read More »A Minimum Wage? A Fake Debate
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Manchin and Sinema are poised to tank $15 minimum wage, so here come the insulting ‘compromises’
A minimum wage increase goes before the Senate parliamentarian on Wednesday to find out if it passes muster for inclusion in the COVID-19 relief package being passed… Read More »Manchin and Sinema are poised to tank $15 minimum wage, so here come the insulting ‘compromises’
Working Life Episode 214: Your Future Talking Points for $15-an-hour Minimum Wage; Alabama is Amazon Unionizing Ground Zero
Right before our eyes, in these very days and at this time of crisis, you can see so clearly this bankrupt system, defended and promoted… Read More »Working Life Episode 214: Your Future Talking Points for $15-an-hour Minimum Wage; Alabama is Amazon Unionizing Ground Zero
‘Protect us, respect us, and pay us,’ Rev. Barber says of the necessity for a $15 minimum wage
Including a minimum wage increase in a bill passing the Senate under budget reconciliation got a procedural boost on Monday. The Congressional Budget Office responded… Read More »‘Protect us, respect us, and pay us,’ Rev. Barber says of the necessity for a $15 minimum wage
COVID-19 highlights the racism of the tipped minimum wage, this week in the war on workers
Black workers have been hit so hard during the coronavirus pandemic, and a full accounting of the hits is not yet complete. We know that… Read More »COVID-19 highlights the racism of the tipped minimum wage, this week in the war on workers