Archive: Working-Class Perspective

• 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: #MeToo Solidarity

  Although news coverage of sexual assault has focused on celebrity perpetrators, sexual harassment is a workplace issue that unites women across ages, classes, and industries. In this week's Working-

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: John Russo, Lane Windham, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Women, Working-Class Perspective

• WCP: Food Insecurity and the Costs of College

  Higher education has become so inaccessible to working-class students that there are over 500 campus food pantries in the United States. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Allison L. Hurst de

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Allison L Hurst, Higher education, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, Student debt, WCP, Working-Class Perspective, Working-Class Students