Minimum Wage
Trumka: Minimum wage opponents ‘delusional’ if they think they’ve won
May 2, 2014AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka condemned the continued right-wing obstruction preventing millions of working families from getting a much-needed boost in income.
Read moreSenate GOP defeats minimum wage hike
May 1, 2014The Senate tried to raise the nation's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. But its Democratic sponsors needed 60 votes to start debate, and got six fewer than that.
Read moreElon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, unique even among corporate crooks
April 22, 2014Musk is only the most extreme example of the overcompensated corporate crook running U.S. companies on the AFL-CIO's latest Executive Paywatch list.
Read moreLabor group defends workers at military bases against right wing attacks
April 22, 2014The pay hike would start Jan. 1 under new contracts that fast food firms would sign with the military PXs, where military personnel and families buy food and goods at reduced rates.
Read moreMinimum wage hike drive moves into high gear
April 11, 2014The labor-backed campaign to raise the minimum wage resumed as the "Raise The Wage" bus headed for more states, while Maryland became the second state to enact a multi-year hike of the wage to $10.10 an...
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