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Minimum wage hike to $15 would give 41 million a raise
April 26, 2017In the eight years since the federal minimum wage was last raised, the buying power of a minimum-wage paycheck has fallen 10 percent due to inflation.
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Fake “flexibility” bill would allow employers to deprive workers of overtime pay
April 26, 2017Bosses would force workers into taking comp time at the boss’ discretion in what Economic Policy Institute Vice President and economist Ross Eisenbrey calls “an interest-free loan from workers to corporations” and “a total fraud”.
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DeVos tosses out Obama-era rules for student loan lenders
April 26, 2017The decision to “roll back essential protections imperils millions of student loan borrowers and families.”
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Jeff Sessions and the Department of Injustice
April 26, 2017Sessions has set out to transform the Dept. of Justice into a Dept. of Injustice. He’s only been hindered by the incompetence that characterizes this administration.
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UNITE HERE and SEIU: More than 300,000 workers may walk May 1
April 25, 2017They are taking to the streets with “hundreds of thousands of workers, immigrants and allies."
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