On Equal Pay Day women call for a level playing field
For women, today is a sobering reminder that not nearly enough has been done to address unfair wages in this country.
Major union, non-union workers unite in build-up for April 15
"We are not going to stop the fight until we tear down the barriers that keep workplace and racial injustices in place."
Today in history: Dolores Huerta is born in 1930
In 1962, Dolores Huerta and César Chávez launched the National Farm Workers Association; Huerta's organizing skills were essential to its growth.
Two-tier wages to be key issue at UAW talks with Detroit three
"A society built on low-wage jobs does not deliver purchasing power, it only increases the number of workers in poverty."
Growers move to gut California’s farm labor law
Gerawan Farming, one of the country's largest growers, is challenging the law that makes farm workers' union rights enforceable.
Trumka says Colombia example exposes problems with trade deals
"Investors and companies have received benefits," Trumka said, "while workers have not, this has to change."
Workers in LA: tipping the fair wage balance
"People who make less than $15 an hour know plenty about money; they know what it's like not to have enough money."
To raise wages in Panama, dockers join a U.S. union
In Panama they call longshore pay "hunger wages." Workers' families live below the government's own poverty line, and some families literally go hungry.
McDonald’s wage announcement draws the ire of low-wage workers
"Millions of families working for poverty wages will continue to struggle until McDonald's pays a living wage."
Drawing on California model, nurse staffing and advocacy bill introduced
"This legislation would improve patient care by establishing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios."
