Archive: Minimum Wage

• 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

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Mar 4, 2016)

  Missed out on labor news last week? We have you covered! In foul trouble. Labor rights advocates are accusing Nike of taking a big backward step in supply chain accountability by denying the Work

  Category: In the News Tags: Attorneys, Big Banks, Costco, Day Laborers, Digital media, Gawker, Higher education, Lawyers, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Nike, Outsourcing, Overtime, Tom Perez, Uber, Worker Rights Consortium, WRC

• What you missed in the world of worker justice over the holidays

  Did you go off the grid for the holidays to spend valuable time with loved ones? Did you neglect your email inbox and Twitter account in favor of baked goods, gift exchanges, and the new Star War

  Category: In the News Tags: Christmas, Daily News, Friedrichs, Harold Meyerson, Holidays, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, NLRB, Wall Street