Tag: #FightFor15
Hundreds of activists arrested in DC during “Moral Monday”
“I am not afraid, I will fight for liberation cause I know why I was made. I am not afraid.”
Labor rights advocates’ Fight for $15 has helped millions of workers
“The success of the movement for higher wages... only reaffirms how far out of step lawmakers in Congress are from their constituents, as they continue to refuse to raise the federal minimum wage.”
Biden order will raise minimum wage for federal contract workers to...
Economists have estimated that hiking the wage floor to $15 for federal contract workers would result in direct raises for at least 240,000 low-wage employees.
Fastfood workers strike demanding $15 an hour and union rights
"They want to send a message to both the Biden-Harris administration and Congress to prioritize passing $15 an hour (legislation) in the first 100 days."
Federal minimum wage stagnant for 3,615 days, a ‘shameful’ period in...
"I've been criticized for this so let me say it again: the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr is a starvation wage. Every worker deserves a living wage of at least $15 an hour."
A bold new idea to boost wages
I’m talking about expanding something called the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. And although it’s been around for decades, it can be the basis of a revolutionary change in the lives of millions of people.
DC Council votes to repeal Initiative 77; will take away voter-approved...
"It is incredibly sad to see the Council representing one of the most progressive cities in the country siding with the wealthy restaurant industry over their own constituents."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 3
D.C. Democrats vote to overturn tipped wage increase approved by voters, Bernie Sanders issues a statement on Amazon's minimum wage increase, Trump makes fun of Kavanaugh accuser and more.
Bernie releases statement on Amazon minimum wage increase
“What Mr. Bezos has done today is not only enormously important for Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of employees, it could well be a shot heard around the world."
Disneyland Resort raises minimum wage to $15 for thousands of more...
The resort, located in Anaheim, California, and hotel cast members from United Here! Local 11 "ratified a five-year term" increasing the minimum wage to $15 effective January 2019.
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Minnesota sues Trump administration after federal agents withhold evidence in fatal immigration raid shootings
State officials say federal authorities blocked access to key evidence following deaths tied to Operation Metro Surge.
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It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
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How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power
The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.
From pollution to performance wear: Fair-trade clothes made from 100% ocean plastic
“My motto is: there’s already so much plastic out there, why are we making more? There’s so much we can be pulling from. It’s already a resource; we just have to get it.”