Tag Archives: Living wage

Los Angeles Approves $15 Minimum Wage Increase by 2020

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The LA City Council has voted to increase the minimum wage. Currently the employees in LA are earning $9 an hour. The labor community wants an increase in the minimum wage and now it will surely pass...

Whole Foods Market Faces Another Union Demonstration in November

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A Whole Foods store located in San Francisco is pushing for accepted unionization due to the salary costs.In a national press release, the Whole Food Market workers have joined with the Industrial...

Jobs With Justice: New Campaigns Take Aim At Low Wages, Working Poor, Falling Middle Class

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The organized labor movement is changing, reflecting two large-scale trends. On the one hand, union membership – once 35 percent of the U.S. workforce in the 1950s – is at its lowest point in more...
    






$11.50 Minimum Wage Approved by Washington’s City Council

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Good news for the people living in Washington. The DC council has approved to raise the minimum wage in the US capital. In 2016, the basic per hour income will be $11.50 in Washington. Washington's...