Wages
U.S. poor are in free fall
June 12, 2013The level of income inequality stretches much higher in the United States than in the other developed countries. Now it's gone off the chart.
Read moreAttention Walmart: Part time at $7.40 equals poverty
June 7, 2013DEARBORN, Mich. - Three weeks ago, 400 fast food workers across Metro Detroit shocked their employers by walking off the job demanding a living wage of $15.00 an hour.
Read moreActions backing Walmart strikers spread coast to coast
June 7, 2013CHICAGO - A protest outside the West Loop Walmart store here was only one of countless demonstrations that broke out today across the country in support of striking workers at the world's biggest retail giant.
Read moreHouse GOP defeated again on prevailing wages
June 6, 2013By a 231-192 tally, yet another House Republican move to trash workers' rights and incomes went down the drain on June 4.
Read moreWalmart worker tells why she is striking
June 4, 2013A busload of fellow Walmart workers along with community supporters stood with Walmart worker Lisa Lopez as she informed her store managers that she was going on strike.
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