Wages
Connecticut joins $15 minimum wage states parade
May 21, 2019By overwhelming votes in both houses of the legislature, Connecticut became the fourth state this year to join the parade of those raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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Trumka: Democratic House ‘has stood on the side of workers’
April 24, 2019The new Democratic-run U.S. House “has stood on the side of workers” on many issues, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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Air Wisconsin flight attendants could starve on $15k annual wages
April 9, 2019Despite their important safety responsibilities, Air Wisconsin flight attendants report starvation wages as low as $15,000 a year.
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Sanders again proposes banning right-to-work laws
April 9, 2019At a Machinist’s women’s conference in Las Vegas he proposed the most significant labor legislation in generations.
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Advocates use Pay Equity Day to lobby Senate for equality
April 4, 2019Advocates of equal pay for equal work used Pay Equity Day, April 2, to lobby the Senate to make pay equality for male and female workers a reality.
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