by Isaiah J. Poole | May 1, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
If members of the U.S. Senate had bothered to scan the news before they cast their votes Wednesday on whether to allow final debate and passage of a bill that would increase the minimum wage, they would have seen headlines like this one from Bloomberg News: "Growth...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 30, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
The Senate is expected to vote today on whether to proceed to final debate on a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. It's a key political vote that separates who stands with working people and who doesn't. But, more importantly, it's a vote that...
by Bill Scher | Apr 30, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
Today at noon ET, the Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill to raise the hourly minimum wage to $10.10, and then index it to inflation. Actually, that's not quite right. The vote would allow the Senate to begin debate on the minimum wage bill. And if media reports are...
by Richard Long | Apr 29, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
As the National Restaurant Association prepared for its annual lobbying days inside the Capitol this week, more than a thousand grassroots activists went to the Capitol on Monday to demand that the voice of workers and their demand for a fairer economy that works for...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
A good many Americans now know the high-finance games that JPMorgan Chase and other big banks like to play — at our expense. And big oil giants like ExxonMobil have been outraging Americans for years. But plenty of other corporate giants that inflate our inequality...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 22, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Unemployment Benefits
A few days ago you were able to virtually shut down the phones at House Speaker John Boehner's office in response to our effort to get your voice heard on renewing unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless. It's time to do it again. Our click-to-call line is...
