Bernie Sanders Debuts A Real Family Values Agenda
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking back family values from the Republican Party by unveiling his Family Values Agenda. The...
Category: Betterment
The Obama Economy Sets A New Record: 63rd Consecutive Month of Private Sector Job Growth
May marks a new record for President Obama’s private sector job growth record, with the private sector adding 12.6 million...
Bernie Sanders Plans To Make College Free By Raising Taxes On Wall Street
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled legislation today that would make tuition free at all public four-year colleges and universities by...
Los Angeles Votes To Raise Minimum Wage To $15
Los Angeles on Tuesday became the biggest U.S. city to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour. Following a...
Democratic bill aims to hike U.S. minimum wage to $12
Nearly 38 million Americans — or one in four workers– would get a raise under a bill introduced this week...
How Raising The Minimum Wage To $15 Changed These Workers’ Lives
SEATAC, Washington — In late 2013, voters in this airport town outside Seattle narrowly approved a groundbreaking measure setting a...
President Obama Runs Up Big Wins In His Crackdown On Mitt Romneyesque Tax Cheats
The President’s efforts aren’t getting the media attention that deserve, but Obama has cracked down on wealthy tax cheats who...
Bernie Sanders: ‘Higher Education Should Be A Right’
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-described democratic socialist and one of Congress’ leading advocates for the working class, says any American...
Obama Unveils Smart Plan To Combat Climate Change While Training 75,000 Vets For Jobs
The President said: “I am announcing a new goal to train 75,000 workers to enter the solar industry by 2020....
Paul Krugman: Power and Paychecks
On Wednesday, McDonald’s — which has been facing demonstrations denouncing its low wages — announced that it would give workers...
Obama’s Biggest Victory: 16.4 Million Uninsured Americans Have Gained Health Coverage
16.4 million Americans who were previously uninsured, have gained health insurance coverage, since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed...
Senate Democrats Consider Raising Their Minimum Wage Proposal To $12
Sen. Patty Murray, ranking member of the Senate’s labor committee, has been reaching out to her Democratic colleagues to rally...
Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill To Lift The Payroll Tax Cap, Ensuring Full Social Security Funding For Nearly 75 Years
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a featured speaker at the United Steel Workers 2011 conference in Las Vegas....
Al Franken And Bernie Sanders See Net Neutrality As A Big Victory Over Corporations
In two separate statements, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) praised the passage of the FCC’s new...
First Batch of Solar-Trained Veterans Get Jobs with Solar Company Vivint
There are a bunch of great things about solar. Socio-economically, one of those things is that people on all sides...
‘Obamacare’ is transforming the job market
Last year the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a detailed analysis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that projected it...
Even Republicans Love Social Security
Unlike some current Republican politicians, Ronald Reagan knew better than to try to destroy Social Security. A new book makes...
Bernie Sanders Flexes His Muscles By Introducing Bill To Create 13 Million New Jobs
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today will introduce legislation when the new session of Congress convenes this month to...
Millions Of Workers Will Get A Raise On New Years Day
On January 1, 20 states will raise their minimum wages, while one — New York — will increase its wage...
Federal labor board decisions are a bonanza for unions
The federal agency in charge of adjudicating labor disputes has released not one but several major decisions benefiting labor unions...
Minimum wage hike coming at more than 1,400 Walmart stores
Minimum wage increases will prompt Walmart Stores Inc to adjust base salaries at 1,434 stores, impacting about a third of...
The Next Frontier for Workers’ Rights
In late November, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights — the first law...
More Than 70 Percent Of Americans Like Their Obamacare Plans
With the second Obamacare enrollment period set to begin this weekend, there’s at least one piece of good news for...
Mass. Teachers Defeat Corporate Ed Reform Bill Through Rank-and-File Power
To the casual observer, Massachusetts may seem like an unlikely place to open up a new front in the assault...
Republicans Can’t Stop Obamacare as Over 100,000 Uninsured Americans Sign Up in a Day
HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced that Obamacare is getting even stronger as 500,000 people accessed their accounts on the ACA...
San Francisco Raises Its Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
The Democrats were brutalized at the polls Tuesday, but progressives can at least take some consolation in some notable strides...
A Bright Spot in Tuesday’s Bloodbath: Massachusetts Voters Passed a Strong Paid Sick Leave Bill
On Tuesday night, Massachusetts became the first state to give workers 40 hours of sick leave a year. California and...
Minimum Wage Measures Pass Overwhelmingly, Even in Red States
Measures aimed at raising the minimum wage passed overwhelmingly in the five states where they appeared on Tuesday’s ballot. The...
Social Security Kept 27 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2013
Government programs can effectively reduce poverty in the United States. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)—a more comprehensive measure of...
Obama Scores Big Win Against Tax-Dodging Deals
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker AbbVie has pulled the plug on its plan to buy Dublin-based Shire ,...
New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win
The number of union members in New Orleans’s tourism industry is set to double. The hospitality and gaming union Unite...
American Airlines, US Airways Workers Vote Overwhelmingly To Join Union
Thousands of service agents at American Airlines unionized with their new colleagues at U.S. Airways on Tuesday, making the most...
Paid Sick Days for Six Million Californians to Become Law
When Governor Jerry Brown signs Assembly Bill 1522, California will join a growing number of states where temporary or part-time...
How Did New York Become the Most Unionized State in the Country?
With all the filthy lucre sloshing around on Wall Street, New York City may not strike you as a bastion...
Country’s Newest Law Guaranteeing Workers Paid Sick Days Passes Unanimously
The city council in Passaic, New Jersey unanimously passed an ordinance requiring paid sick leave on Tuesday night with a...
I’m making $21 an hour at McDonald’s. Why aren’t you?
I work for McDonald’s and I make $21 an hour. No, that isn’t a typo. It’s really my salary. You...
Victory Declared as Supermarket Standoff Ends With Worker-Friendly CEO’s Return
Bringing to a close a summer-long supermarket standoff, a deal was reached late Wednesday to sell the majority stake of...
Subway workers in New Jersey get organized
Subway may claim to be the “leader in fast, healthy food,” but that alleged commitment to wellness often doesn’t extend...
University President Takes Huge Pay Cut To Give School’s Minimum-Wage Workers A Raise
Two dozen low-wage workers at Kentucky State University (KSU) will get a raise to $10.25 an hour after the school’s...
Labor Board Delivers Victory for Low-Wage McDonald’s Workers
In a ruling being hailed by union groups and wage rights advocates, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found Tuesday...
Obamacare Has Helped Americans Save Nearly $2 Billion On Their Insurance Premiums
Millions of Americans can expect to get a refund from their insurance companies this year, at an average of about...
Equal Pay for Women Would Mean a More Secure Retirement for All
The link is simple and clear: Women earn less than men in the workplace – almost $450 billion less in...
States That Raised Their Minimum Wages Are Experiencing Faster Job Growth
Think a higher minimum wage is a job killer? Think again: The states that raised their minimum wages on January...
Ikea Will Raise The Minimum Wage For Its American Workers
Ikea will announce Thursday a plan to raise its average minimum wage at U.S. stores to $10.76 an hour, a...
The Gap Already Reaping Major Benefits From Minimum Wage Hike
After Gap announced in February that it will eventually raise its lowest pay to $10 an hour, job applications increased...
Chicago Aldermen Want a $15 Minimum Wage in Their City, Too
Two weeks ago, the Seattle City Council made national headlines when it voted to raise that city’s minimum wage to...
