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Living Wage
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Workers Confront Walmart Executives at Star-Studded Company Event
Three years into their movement, OUR Walmart members go to the belly of the beast to shake up a shareholders' meeting.
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Strengthen the Middle Class and the Country With Higher Wages
Los Angeles' progress in pushing for a living wage may be the catalyst the US needs to raise wages across the country.
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Why a Living Wage Is Still the Best Solution to Poverty: A Critique of Warren Buffet
His suggestion to expand the EITC makes as much sense as someone bringing a lone fire extinguisher to put out a forest fire.
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Success! Los Angeles Votes to Raise Minimum Wage to $15
Like other cities who have implemented recent wage increases, the process will take place in increments over the defined period of years.
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Not Lovin’ It: Thousands Storm McDonald’s Head Quarters to Protest Low Wages
The protest comes on the heels of the largest-ever strike against the fast food industry in April.
Low-Wage Workers: Better Educated and Older but Still Underpaid
Today's low-wage workers are both older and much better-educated than the average low-wage worker in the past.
New Tool for Employers Calculates the Full Cost of Employee Turnover
Employee turnover costs businesses millions of dollars each year. However, many employers don't accurately track this expense.
Basic Income and the Anti-Slavery Movement
Unconditional basic income is not only feasible, but it also has more emancipatory potential than any other single policy.
Taxpayers Subsidize Restaurant Pay
A new report reveals just how much the restaurant industryu2019s current low-wage model costs ordinary taxpayers.
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Pushing Left: A 16-Priority Agenda for the 2016 US Presidential Election
Here's what sociologist Salvatore Babones suggests 2016 presidential contenders campaign about.