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Progressive Groups Mark May Day With Rallies Urging Passage of PRO Act

People hold placards during a protest in support of Amazon workers in Union Square, New York on February 20, 2021.

Biden Order Will Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers to $15

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Activists with Our Revolution hold $15 minimum wage signs outside the Capitol complex on Thursday, February 25, 2021.

Economists have estimated that hiking the wage floor to $15 for federal contract workers would result in direct raises for at least 240,000 low-wage employees.

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While Hospital Janitor Got a $6 Cafeteria Voucher, Its CEO Took Home $30 Million

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Workers walk a picket line in front of the Miami Tower as they strike against the building's cleaning contractor, SFM Services, on February 12, 2021 in Miami, Florida. They accuse the company of having unsafe working conditions, low wages, intimidation and retaliation over union organizing efforts. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"We need to do better for working people," said one advocate.

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Decades-Long Corporate Assault on Unions Has Cost Typical Worker $3,250 a Year: Report

Jake Johnson, staff writer

People hold pro-worker signs and rally outside a Whole Foods Market after marching from Amazon headquarters in solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama on March 26, 2021.

"This decline of unions wasn't inevitable—it was a deliberate policy choice...

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) was one of seven Democratic senators to vote against including a $15 federal minimum wage in the American Rescue Plan. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In Thumbs-Down to Sinema, Survey Finds Majority of Arizona Voters Favor $15 Minimum Wage

Workers in Durham, North Carolina go on strike to demand a $15 minimum wage on February 16, 2020.

'A No-Brainer—And Long Overdue': New Report Finds Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Would Boost Pay of 32 Million

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) questions Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Cotton-Romney Effort to Tie Minimum Wage Hike to Undocumented Workers Denounced as 'Transparently Cynical Ploy'

Budget Chair Sanders Hails CBO Score as Proof Congress Can Pass $15 Minimum Wage Through Reconciliation

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, delivers remarks on the public health and economic crises in Wilmington, Delaware on January 14, 2021. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden's $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan: $400 Unemployment Boost, $1,400 Checks, and Billions in Additional Aid

A waitress serves guests as people dine outdoors in Pasadena, California on December 2, 2020. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

In 'Emblematic Parting Blow,' Trump Moves to Take $700 Million Per Year Out of Tipped Workers' Pockets

Fast-food workers, cashiers, cooks, delivery people, and their supporters hold a rally outside New York City Hall on May 24, 2017.

Warren Joins Chorus Urging Biden to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour for Federal Contract Workers on Day One

Flight attendants, airline pilots, and other aviation workers hold a protest organized by the Association of Flight Attendants urging the U.S. Congress to pass a Covid-19 relief package and extend the Paycheck Support Program to save aviation jobs during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 9, 2020.

'Go Big, and Stay Big': Economists Call for $3 Trillion Covid Relief Package to Stop Nation's Descent Into Ruin

Headquarters of the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Ed Brown/WikiMedia Commons)

Senate GOP Blasted for Proposing OSHA Cuts as Covid-19 Crisis 'Makes Many Jobs Much More Dangerous'

As GDP Data Shows Economy Still in a Deep Hole, Trump Denounced for 'Trying to Mislead the Public by Claiming an Economic Miracle'

A worker installs solar panels at the Solarpark Eggersdorf solar park on September 4, 2012 near Muencheberg, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Investing $2 Trillion in US Clean Energy and Infrastructure Could Create Millions of 'Good Jobs,' Analysis Finds

Then President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Gov. Mike Pence visit the Carrier air conditioning and heating company in Indianapolis on Dec. 1, 2016. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Here Are the 50 'Most Egregious' Ways Trump Has Attacked Workers While Falsely Claiming to Be Their Champion

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Because You Work Too Hard

ThinkProgress has assembled three charts that prove the premise of today's general strike : That workers suffer while the 1% prospers under systems that do not support us, but that rely on our labor, skills and compliance. Charts on productivity vs. wages, corporate profits and unions.

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The Erosion of Collective Bargaining Has Cost Middle-Wage Workers Thousands of Dollars Each Year

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EPI Applauds the Reintroduction of the Fair Act

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Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 Would Have Direct and Significant Fiscal Effects

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50 Ways the Trump Administration Has Eroded Workers’ Rights While Bolstering Corporate Power

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Major Challenges To U.S. Students and Their Teachers—and Exacerbates Existing Education Inequities

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EPI Applauds Judge’s Decision on Joint-Employer Rule

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Lynn Rhinehart

How Amazon Gerrymandered the Union Vote—And Won

Celine McNicholas

Amazon Union Vote in Bessemer Shows Exactly Why We Need the PRO Act

Elise Gould

Strong Job Growth in March as Vaccine Distribution Expands and the American Rescue Plan Ramps Up

Eve Tahmincioglu

Despite Fearmongering From Business Interests, the Pro Act Will Not Destroy the Gig Economy

Josh Bivens

The Biden Rescue Plan Is Neither Risky Nor a Distraction From Structural Issues

Lawrence Mishel, Jori Kandra

Over Last 30 Years, Wages for Top 1% Soared by 160% While Wages of Bottom 90% Actually Went Down

Elise Gould

As Economic Bounceback Deflates, Lawmakers Must Act Now to Reinstate the $600 Unemployment Boost

Josh Bivens

Cutting UI Benefits by $400 Per Week Will Significantly Harm U.S. Families, Jobs, and Growth

Josh Bivens

Recovering Fully From the Coronavirus Shock Will Require Large Increases in Federal Debt—and There's Nothing Wrong With That

David Cooper

Now Is Still a Good Time to Raise the Minimum Wage