The Occupy Wall Street movement has brought the growing issue of income inequality to the forefront of public discourse in hundreds of cities and towns across the country. Nevertheless, many are still wondering what specific changes the movement...
Let Justice Roll in the News
Jan 29 2012
Journal Standard (IL)
Jan 1 2012
Sandusky Register
An estimated 347,000 workers in the state will see their paychecks increase slightly, according to Policy...
Jul 22 2011
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Big company CEOs got a 23 percent raise last year and corporate profits are at record highs. But the minimum wage has less buying power now than in 1956 – the year...
Jun 30 2011
Chicago Reporter
Apr 28 2011
Huffington Post
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Mar 16 2011
The Sentinel (Maryland)
A job creator or a job killer is the debate circling two bills that would raise the minimum wage.
A bill backed by Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Fort Washington, in Congress would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees, while...
Mar 8 2011
Northwest Indiana Times
CHICAGO | Religious leaders and labor activists in the South Chicago and East Side neighborhoods said Tuesday they want Illinois lawmakers to approve an increase in the state's minimum wage.
Illinois' minimum wage is $8.25...
Feb 27 2011
KSDK
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St. Louis, MO - About 100 demonstrators gathered in St. Louis on Saturday to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin.
While workers in Wisconsin are protesting a proposal to cut the...
Feb 27 2011
KSDK
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St. Louis, MO - About 100 demonstrators gathered in St. Louis on Saturday to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin.
While workers in Wisconsin are protesting a proposal to cut the...
Jan 18 2011
WJZ CBS Baltimore
Suzanne Collins explains labor and religious leaders are asking for a change in that law.
Kitchen workers often make minimum wage. So do housekeepers and store clerks. That’s $7.25 an hour, but a bill in Annapolis would raise it to $8.25...
Kitchen workers often make minimum wage. So do housekeepers and store clerks. That’s $7.25 an hour, but a bill in Annapolis would raise it to $8.25...
