Commentary | April 5, 2017

Why Black Women Are—and Should Be—Leading the Fight For $15

Via: Huffington Post

Women of color have changed the world through their resilience and fortitude to never settle for less.

Commentary | April 5, 2017

Missouri Lawmakers Want to Snatch Raises From Workers Who Need It Most

Via: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Emergency” bill claims that raising pay for workers at the bottom poses a threat to public health and safety. Seriously.

Commentary | March 30, 2017

Heartless in the Heartland

Commentary | March 30, 2017

Heartless in the Heartland

Via: Huffington Post

Never before has a state government acted to reverse minimum wage increases already in place.

Commentary | March 18, 2017

A GOP Rising Star’s Big Choice

Via: The Hill

Missouri Governor Greitens should veto a bill that strips St. Louis minimum wage workers of a raise.

Commentary | March 10, 2017

The Latest ‘Underhanded Maneuvers’ in the Minimum Wage Wars

Via: CNBC

Battles around preemption are quietly playing out in statehouses from Iowa to Maryland.

Commentary | February 10, 2017

A Wrong-Headed Maryland Bill Attacks Local Worker-Friendly Legislation

Via: The Washington Post

Lawmakers must reject this proposal and instead strengthen protections for vulnerable workers.

Commentary | December 15, 2016

Will Trump Be ‘The Champion of the American Worker’?

Via: Newsweek

Trump’s pick of fast-food CEO Andrew Puzder for labor secretary should concern us all.

Commentary | December 9, 2016

Why Trump’s Labor Secretary Is an Extreme Contradiction

Via: CNN.com

Opposition to workers’ rights is bread and butter for fast-food CEO Andrew Puzder.

Commentary | November 29, 2016

Fight for $15 Has Brought $62 Billion in Raises and Counting to Underpaid Workers

Via: PBS Newshour

What would really move the needle for U.S. workers? $15 an hour and a union.

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