Tag: wage inequality

Our modern societies, top French politicos fear, just might ‘explode’ without one.

If you think wealth and power are too concentrated in the hands of a privileged few now, just imagine what a few more years of trickle-down nonsense will bring.

"We are literally starving. It's time for Congress to act."

There is a direct correlation between this racial, gendered wage gap and evictions.

Congress ought to be listening to actual workers explain why they’re not rushing back to the jobs being offered by restaurant chains and such.

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

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

Connecticut now joins New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland by passing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023.

Seven Republicans voted with Democrats to close the wage gap and amend the Equal Pay Act and Fair Labor Standards Act.

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.