Pressure Mounts For Higher Federal Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights groups, labor organizer and their allies are stepping up pressure on Congress to pass legislation...
Category: Fighting Back
Politicians Talk Tough On Tax Haven Reform, But Activists Say Talk Is Cheap
Big players are taking unprecedented steps to stop offshore abuses, but financial crime fighters worry reforms don’t go far enough.
Jesse Ventura Rips B*tchy Billionaires: The Poor Work Just as Hard as You Do
Tuesday on his show “Off the Grid,” former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura “called bullsh*t” on the “one percent” who are...
The Next Domino’s To Fall: Pizza Chain Will Pay A Half-Million Dollars Over Stolen Wages
Drivers and pizza cooks will share a $448,000 payout from 23 Domino’s Pizza franchise owners around New York state under...
Lawmakers Take the ‘Minimum Wage Challenge’ to Eat Off a Reduced Budget for a Week
Rashida Tlaib is a state representative in Michigan. But on Wednesday when she checked out at her grocery store, she...
Robert Reich Explains the War on the Poor and Working Families
Connect the dots between policies that keep many of our fellow Americans desperate, and you’ll see they add up to...
