Wages
Calif. grocery workers approve new contract with raises, retirement protections, improved scheduling
August 10, 2016"This contract is a victory for our members, and secures their wages, retirement security, and control over their schedules."
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Actors union lines up political support for Telemundo organizing drive
August 10, 2016NBC-Universal owns Telemundo, but the unorganized actors don't get residuals or health care, guaranteed wage minimums or meal breaks.
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“How can we get 64 million low-wage workers to the polls?”
July 28, 2016Poverty-income workers and their allies gathered to strategize on how to mobilize the 64 million workers who earn less than $15 an hour to go to the polls.
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Connecticut low wage workers testify for $15 an hour
July 23, 2016"I have seen firsthand over the decades the erosion of the middle class in my hometown of Bridgeport, as the income gap has widened more deeply here than almost anywhere else."
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Solidarity Center documents wage theft in Zimbabwe
July 18, 2016Workers in Zimbabwe are seeing their already-low wages stolen at alarming rates.
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