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Hotel Workers Register Anger With Marriott in Decisive Strike Vote
Full-time Marriott workers often have to work second jobs just to make ends meet.
Striking Hotel Workers: “Slow Season” No Excuse for Losing Health Care
Some hotels have denied health coverage for eight months in a year, claiming it was “slow season.”
DC Council Should Listen to Voters Who Want to Raise Wages for Tipped Workers
Even with tips, a minimum wage of $3.89 isn’t enough to live on.
Most Medicaid Enrollees Who Can Work Already Do. They Just Aren’t Paid Enough.
Employed Medicaid recipients tend to work jobs with few benefits, which is why they need Medicaid.
Eliminating DC’s Tipped Wage Would Reduce Poverty
D.C.’s tipped workers are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty
Extreme Capitalism and the Case for a Guaranteed Income
A guaranteed income would improve health and education outcomes in the US, says author Paul Buchheit.
If You Work a Full-Time Job, You Shouldn’t Be Earning a Poverty Wage
CounterSpin interviews Holly Sklar on living wage economics.
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Why the Senate’s Attack on Backpage Will Backfire
Shutting down Backpage deprives adult sex workers of a low-cost, safe and private way of advertising their services.
Undeterred by Trump, Fight for 15 Fires Back Up
Low-wage workers across the country walked off the job on Tuesday to agitate for an increase in the federal minimum wage.
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What Does It Take to Survive Where You Live?
It takes more than $15 per hour to earn a living wage in most states.