Wages
New rules could add millions of workers to overtime pay eligibility
May 8, 2015The Labor Department is readying proposed rules to greatly expand who can get overtime pay.
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In terms of minimum wage, California city races to the top
May 8, 2015Emeryville, Calif. is putting its minimum wage on track to become the highest in the nation.
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Teacher Appreciation Week in Chicago: a cut in pay?
May 6, 2015Teacher Appreciation Week had barely begun when news broke that teachers had to take a seven percent pay cut.
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Today in labor history: “The Song of the Wage-Slave” for May Day
May 1, 2015"The land is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills - but what remains for me?"
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Trumka: Raising wages is measuring stick for presidential campaign support
April 28, 2015"The labor movement's doors are open to any candidate who's serious about transforming our economy with high and rising wages."
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