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Can anyone survive on $7.25 an hour? The Raise the Wage Act of 2017 would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024.
Read MoreThe Raise the Wage Act of 2017 takes a crucial step to boost pay for America’s low-wage workers.
Posted May 25, 2017 Read MoreThe Trump budget will hurt working people and their families, not help them.
Posted May 23, 2017 Read MoreThe DOL has made the right choice in deciding not to further delay this important protection for America’s workers.
Posted May 23, 2017 Read MoreTrump’s proposal fails to deliver even a basic package of benefits needed for today’s working families to meet everyday challenges.
Posted May 23, 2017 Read MoreMr. Ellis has a long, well-documented history of extreme and xenophobic comments.
Posted May 16, 2017 Read MoreIt would restore OSHA’s ability to sanction larger employers in the most dangerous industries for hiding serious workplace injuries.
Posted May 15, 2017 Read MoreRetirement savers have a right to know whose side their financial advisers are on.
via Newsweek, May 8, 2017 Read MoreThe implication that any president should get his/her “own” career staff sends a chilling threat to the civil service.
via The Hill, May 4, 2017 Read MoreAfter two year delay, injunction blocking city minimum wage increase is lifted.
Posted May 4, 2017 Read MoreUber is built on a rocky foundation of swindling its own workers to make a buck.
via Newsweek, May 1, 2017 Read MoreA $15 minimum wage, fully phased in, would raise pay by about $3,500 for almost 1 in 3 workers.
via The Hill, May 1, 2017 Read MoreStripping away health and safety protections means more worker deaths and injuries on the job.
via Huffington Post, April 27, 2017 Read MoreWe’ll do everything within our power to ensure that Mr. Acosta’s Labor Department vigorously upholds its mission to protect workers.
Posted April 27, 2017 Read MoreThe workers who put food on our tables should not have to sacrifice their health for a paycheck.
Posted April 27, 2017 Read MoreThis delivers exactly what America’s workers have been crying out for: strong action to raise wages.
Posted April 26, 2017 Read MoreJoin us on 4/28 to explore how we can improve workplace safety standards and enforcement.
Posted April 20, 2017 Read MoreMomentum remains strong for improving pay for the 40 percent of U.S. workers who struggle on less than $15/hr.
via CNBC.com, April 7, 2017 Read MoreThe bills are modeled after reforms adopted in 26 states and 150+ localities.
Posted April 6, 2017 Read MoreThe Trump administration is delaying a rule requiring retirement advisers to put their clients’ best interests before their own profits.
via Fortune.com, April 5, 2017 Read MoreNearly three million workers are seriously injured on the job every year.
More workers than ever are struggling to get by on low-wage jobs.
A conviction in one’s past shouldn’t be a life sentence to joblessness.
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