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Congress to Vote This Week on Doubling the Minimum Wage
This is the longest period the minimum wage has gone without an increase since it was enacted in the 1930s.
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Amazon Agrees to $15 an Hour for Warehouse Workers Amid Heat From Liberals
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who led opposition to Amazon's low wages, said he wants to “give credit where credit is due” and congratulated CEO Jeff Bezos for “doing the exactly right thing.”
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The Death of Dignity In Working Class America
Listen, "it's not personal, it's business." You are a commodity. You assist in the production of a product that is not solely your own. So here are your options: Take less, surf the changes or step aside.
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The New Year Brings Minimum Wage Hikes for Americans in 14 States
As the United States marks more than six years without an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, 14 states and several cities are moving forward with their own increases.
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The Problem With the Fight for $15 – Not Radical Enough
The Oakland-based activist and performer says workers need to look beyond city councils and form a radical new labor movement – through strikes, stoppages and occupations of the workplace.
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Bernie Sanders Introduces $15 Minimum Wage Bill As Federal Contract Workers Strike
The bill, proposed by the presidential candidate and Democrats in the House, goes far beyond the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and makes it easier for federal workers to join a union.
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Why Seattle Is Marching To a $15 Beat
While the federal government mulls a wholly inadequate minimum wage of $10.10, Seattle is poised for $15.
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The Time Has Come For $15 Minimum Wage
Had minimum wage kept up with worker productivity it would be $22/hour today. For a workers movement to win a living minimum wage will require getting corporate-backed politicians unelected from office, and building strength at the workplace level.
