May 25, 2017
Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Reps. Bobby Scott (D. Va.), and Keith Ellison (D. Minn.), along with their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The “Raise the Wage Act” would gradually increase the minimum wage from current floor of… Read More»
Tags: $15 minimum wage, airport workers, Fight for 15, home-care workers, minimum wage, NELP, Raise the Wage Act, ROC United, SEIU, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Patty Murray, tipped wage, unitehere, Washington National Airport
March 5, 2014
As we stand with Walmart associates, restaurant staff and home care workers in their efforts for better job standards, we occasionally receive this dismissive response: “No one is forcing them to stay at their job. They should just quit and find another one!” But can these workers actually just quit… Read More»
Tags: economy, low wage, low wages, NELP, quitting, Walmart, workers
