Tag: minimum wage

Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders stated findings in a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report indicate the Democratic party has a clear shot...

Raising the minimum wage will not just help the economy. It will not just help lift people out of poverty or prevent some from descending...

Many people with disabilities can be paid well below the minimum wage legally. Chris Wilson is 33-years-old and has Down Syndrome. He only makes between...

Republicans love to tout "local control," "states' rights," and "smaller government." You've heard the talking points: "Let the states decide their own gun control laws." "The federal...

When adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage has hovered around seven dollars since the 1970's. The cost of living, however, has not remained stagnant. In 1970,...

Goodbye, clean air and water. Farewell, labor standards. So long, subsidized housing. Fuggedaboutit, racial healing. The President-elect plans to appoint your worst nightmare to...

President Obama was a great president for the poor. As The Atlantic notes, there were three main moves he made to reduce income inequality: ...

A recent study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition determined how many hours you would have to work a minimum wage job to afford...

We've all heard our elders tell us about "the good old days," and how much simpler life was back in the day. No doubt...

Republicans sure do love Ronald Reagan. He introduced new economic policies during his administration. "Reaganomics" was partially based on the concept of trickle-down economics....

Most Americans are wage slaves. A lot of us work so hard for so little, breaking our bodies, minds, and spirits so that we...

According to McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook, implementation of a $15 minimum wage would not lead to McDonald's employees being replaced by robots. The current...

The National Employment Law Project (NELP), a national advocacy group dedicated to the employment rights of low-wage workers, just threw its gauntlet into the...

This season's crop of Republican presidential candidates continued their attacks on women this week. The latest assault comes from Senator Ted Cruz, who seems...

I'm sure that you have all heard the comments made by the big guns in the GOP about the proposed minimum wage increase. Bernie Sanders,...

Hillary Clinton has vowed to take on an issue no candidate has mentioned before. If elected, she wants to close the legal loophole allowing...

If you've been keeping up with news lately, you've likely heard about North Carolina's new anti-LGBT law enacted by the state's Republicans. The law, HB2, repealed...

You would never think a tiny bird could make a monumental impact at a presidential rally, but think again! On Friday afternoon, Bernie Sanders’...

Over the past several years, many states have been revisiting their minimum wage standards. The process is really nothing new, and happens every couple...

Costco announced this week that they are raising their minimum wage by $1.50 up to $13 an hour. This is the first time in...