by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The fight over raising the minimum wage will be one of the defining battles for the 2014 elections. As the floor – the minimum wage – falls out from under Americans, big majorities of voters in both parties want the minimum wage raised. President Obama and...
by Bill Moyers | Dec 12, 2013 | Budget Talks, Economy, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document. By then, he had served on the court longer than any of his colleagues...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 6, 2013 | Budget Talks, Conservatism, Economy, Minimum Wage
Despite the excitement over the latest jobs report, it’s too soon to celebrate. Millions of Americans are still struggling with long-term unemployment and hunger. Now is not the time to abandon them. Democrats, in particular, shouldn’t be fooled. A good-but-not-great...
by Emily Foster | Dec 5, 2013 | Minimum Wage
One week after protests from low-wage workers at 1,500 Walmart stores nationwide, federal contract workers and fast food workers from over 100 U.S. cities walked off their jobs on Thursday to call for the implementation of a living wage. In Washington, D.C., workers...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2013 | Minimum Wage
Wednesday President Obama will give a speech on his plan to grow the economy and the middle class. Thursday fast-food workers will strike in 100 cities and stage protests in 100 others to demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without interference from...
by Thom Hartmann | Dec 2, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
On Black Friday, more than 1,500 protests took place at Walmart stores around our country. Organizers reported more than 100 arrests in civil disobedience actions. The events centered around ' low wages, unethical treatment of workers, and their history of trying to...