High court upholds Seattle’s $15 minimum wage ordinance
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed a judicial win - even if only in one big city - to the "Fight for 15 and a union" movement.
California janitors ready to strike
Over 20,000 janitors statewide call for a strike against unfair labor practices by janitorial companies who contract with some of the most high-priced real estate owners.
Low-paid workers stage another mass walkout
The protests attracted hundreds of thousands of people in 320 cities, including unionists who back the low-paid workers.
Lilly Ledbetter tells union women about ongoing struggle for equal pay
Despite some gains in recent years, women still face a tough road to equal pay.
NY state raises minimum wage to $15, enacts paid family leave
An increasing list of states, tired of GOP-ordered dysfunction in D.C., have raised their minimums.
Even before new $15/hour minimum wage signed, California workers celebrated
The celebrations began early, even as California's new minimum wage law was still racing through the state legislature last week.
California poised to have highest state minimum wage
California's $10/hour minimum - already the highest of any state - would rise gradually to $15 in 2022 for businesses with 26 or more workers.
What’s the value of this man’s work?
His name is Kwaku Agyeman, and he has a job pushing wheelchairs for airport passengers who otherwise would have a hard time getting around.
Immokalee Farmworkers: Boycott Wendy's for human rights abuses
The coalition wrote Wendy's a decade ago, saying the chain should pay decent wages and stop human rights abuses in the fields, following guidelines of the coalition's Fair Food Program.
Layoffs continue as newspaper workers continue fight for fair wages, job security
"They've been treating the workforce like something they can just ignore."
