Blog | May 27, 2016

Thousands Rally at McDonald’s Headquarters Demanding $15 and a Union

10,000 workers protest at McDonald’s headquarters demanding $15 and a union.

News Releases | May 25, 2016

Report: D.C.’s Tipped Workers in Poverty at Nearly Twice the Rate of All D.C. Workers, Experience High Rates of Sexual Harassment

Eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers is a crucial part of any meaningful minimum wage increase.

Blog | May 20, 2016

Arizona Restaurant Lobby’s Sham Minimum Wage Ballot Attempt Fails

The tactics being employed by opponents of minimum wage increases are getting “curiouser and curiouser!”

News Releases | May 6, 2016

The Critics Who Cried Wolf: Decades of Misleading Claims Around Increases in Federal Minimum Wage

History shows employment usually grew following increases in the federal minimum wage.

Blog | May 6, 2016

Federal Court Suit in Alabama Seeks to Restore Birmingham’s Minimum Wage Increase

Charging that Alabama’s governor and state legislature violated the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution by enacting a law(…)

News Releases | April 28, 2016

On the Legal Action to Undo Alabama’s Preemption of Birmingham Minimum Wage Law

We hope the court will move quickly to reverse the state’s acts.

News Releases | April 18, 2016

Baltimore City Council to Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15

The measure would return Baltimore to the forefront of the national movement to raise pay.

Blog | April 15, 2016

Fight for $15 Delivers Raises to 17 Million, but There’s More to Accomplish

Days after low-wage workers in California and New York won landmark victories for $15, tens of thousands of workers in(…)

Blog | April 12, 2016

Leaked Poll for Chambers of Commerce Shows Business Execs Overwhelmingly Support Raising the Minimum Wage

Chambers’ own poll shows 80 percent of business execs support raising the minimum wage; only 8 percent oppose.

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