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Senate Democrats Move to Raise the Minimum Wage in Crucial Step Toward Economic Justice

PUBLISHED 1/27/2021 by Kylie Cheung
Senate Democrats Move to Raise the Minimum Wage in Crucial Step Toward Economic Justice

After flipping the Senate following key wins in Georgia, Democrats are wasting no time moving forward on key promises made on the campaign trail—including raising the federal minimum wage

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Restaurant Workers Demand “One Fair Wage” in New York

PUBLISHED 2/6/2020 by VDAY & One Billion Rising and One Fair Wage

One Fair Wage, One Billion Rising and 25+ other groups staged public self-defense training action and delivered a letter to Governor’s New York City office called for a fair wage for restaurant workers.

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The Feminist Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

PUBLISHED 7/10/2019 by Suzanne Nash

Scant wages leave legions of workers vulnerable to abuse and exploitation—particularly sexual harassment.

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Raising the Minimum Wage is the Least We Can Do

PUBLISHED 5/14/2019 by Kate Bahn

With income inequality at near-record highs, the economy is best summed up as a three-legged table, balancing on an ever-narrower base—and we’re bound to topple over eventually.

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Across the Country, 2018 Ushered in New Laws Boosting Women’s Rights

PUBLISHED 1/12/2018 by Anna Blue

On January 1 of this year, many laws that boosted women’s access to healthcare, proximity to economic justice and protections from workplace discrimination kicked into effect. 

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Minimum Wage Workers Are Still Waiting for a Raise

PUBLISHED 7/24/2017 by Micaela Brinsley

Over 20 million workers in 21 states are still earning the outdated and unlivable federal minimum wage of $7.50 an hour. 40 percent of workers in those 21 states and 30 percent of workers nationally earn wages that leave them below the poverty line.

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NEWSFLASH: Workers Protest Labor Secretary’s Nomination Nationwide

PUBLISHED 2/13/2017 by Alexa Antonelli

Thousands of fast-food workers today mobilized in over two dozen cities across the country to demand that Andrew Puzder withdraw his nomination from President Donald Trump to lead the Labor Department.

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Trump’s Labor Secretary Won’t Fight for Workers

PUBLISHED 1/27/2017 by Ellen Bravo

Andrew Puzder’s public comments and his company’s lingering controversies show him to be someone geared to undermine the Labor Department’s mission.

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Not Going Back: Economic Equality

PUBLISHED 12/28/2016 by Gaylynn Burroughs

We must fight for workers’ rights and protecting social security despite Republican opposition.

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NEWSFLASH: Thousands of Workers Join First Nationwide Strike Since the Election

PUBLISHED 12/1/2016 by Katy Howell

Thousands of workers in 340 cities nationwide participated in Fight for 15’s twelfth one-day strike on Tuesday.

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