Tag: minimum wage

"I'm confident that the parliamentarian will advise next week that we can raise the minimum wage through the reconciliation process."

"We have won $15 in cities and states across the country. And now, it is time to win $15 nationwide."

With the White House and legislative branch under their control, says Warren Gunnels, Democrats “must win” fight on behalf of working people.

The federal minimum wage—just $7.25 an hour—hasn’t been increased in more than a decade.

"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."

Ahead of Friday's global day of action against the e-commerce giant, the campaign issued a list of common demands, all of which seek to "Make Amazon Pay."

“Now the Senate must pass our Raise the Wage Act,” the senator said, “and guarantee a dignified, living wage for every worker in America.”

"A $15 minimum wage would raise wages for 39 million people and lift millions of Americans out of poverty. Why is McConnell afraid to let us vote on it?”

Corporate interests invented cost-benefit analysis as a way to delay progressive policy through studies and weigh it down by equalizing, for example,...

"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."