by Emily Foster | Jun 16, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
FedEx says it “lives to deliver.” Last Friday, more than 2,000 of its workers finally received a delivery of justice from a federal judge. A settlement in the case filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of the workers, Alexander v. FedEx Ground, means the company will...
by Emily Foster | Jun 12, 2015 | Education
In an interview with Capital & Main published today, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich calls for free higher public education and debt-free college. “I think we’ve got to move to a system of free higher education,” said Reich. Reich includes the idea of...
by Emily Foster | Jun 10, 2015 | Education
[fve]https://vimeo.com/130400133[/fve] More than 400,000 signatures in support of a congressional resolution calling for debt-free college were delivered to Congress today by a coalition of organizations that included the Campaign for America's Future. Those who...
by Emily Foster | Jun 8, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has officially joined the fight to raise the minimum wage to a living wage after feeling pressure from progressive candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. On Sunday, over 1,300 workers...
by Emily Foster | Jun 5, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay is announcing today a bill that will raise the city’s minimum wage to a living wage of $15 an hour for those who work for the city’s larger employers. The plan would steadily raise wages by $1.25 an hour per year until 2020. However, small...
