Archive:ACORN

• WCP: Time to Make a Deal on the Federal Minimum Wage

  The federal minimum wage has been stuck at the poverty level of $7.25 per hour since 2009. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Wade Rathke argues that workers cannot wait for a new Congress or a

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: ACORN, Fight for 15, John Russo, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Raise the Wage, Sherry Linkon, Wade Rathke, WCP, Working-Class Perspective

• WCP: Labor’s Day, More or Less?

  The U.S. labor movement is facing bitter legal and political attacks. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective Wade Rathke asserts that the talk of unions dying off is greatly exaggerated. Rathke points to a surge of worker-led organizing across the country and the ability of unions in other parts of the world to thrive in even harder circumstances than the ones set by Janus.

  Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Visiting Scholars Tags: ACORN, Bargaining for the Common Good, Fight for 15, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, Teachers, Wade Rathke, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives