Wages
Race to the bottom for sweatshop workers
May 28, 2013Minimum wage workers, earning $74 a month were beaten by riot police for a protest demanding a $14 a month raise.
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California labor moves to halt Walmart abuse
May 25, 2013California labor and social justice groups are throwing down the gauntlet to Walmart during a two-week statewide tour to protest the giant retailer's abuse of taxpayers and workers alike.
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Minimum wage earners: “You have to swallow your pride”
May 22, 2013The Minnesota state legislator who spent a week living on the minimum wage met that week with three Minnesotans for whom the minimum-wage challenge is an everyday reality.
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Milwaukee low wage workers walk off the job
May 17, 2013Taking their cue from workers in St. Louis, Chicago, New York and Detroit, fast food workers took to the streets of Milwaukee on Wednesday in a one-day work stoppage to demand a $15.00 an hour wage.
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On minimum wage, it’s peanut butter OR jelly
May 16, 2013Minnesota is one of several states that aren't waiting for the dysfunctional U.S. Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, now $7.25 hourly.
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