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Admitting His Contempt, Trump Says 'Poor Person' Shouldn't Run Economy

'From Laughable to Inevitable': $15 Minimum Wage Hits Congress

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Answering the call from millions of underpaid American workers who for years have pounded the pavement demanding a living wage, progressive lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation in both the House and Senate that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, "reversing the growing trend of income inequality between the top and everybody...

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Massive March on McDonald's Takes On "Donald Trump of Corporations"

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Thousands are planning to march on McDonald's in Chicago on Tuesday evening,...

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McDonald's Workers and Trump Resistance to Jointly Declare: "This Greed Must End"

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Describing McDonald's as "the Donald Trump of corporations," workers and...

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AT&T Strike Looms in 'Emblematic Fight Against Corporate Greed'

How Corporate Family Leave Policies Are Fueling Inequality

Watchdogs Warn New Bill Would Axe Corporate Liability at Public's Expense

'An Idea Whose Time Has Come': Lawmakers Roll Out Plan to Expand Worker Ownership

US Workers Unite Against Trump as Global May Day Actions Flourish

'Quiet No More': Hundreds of Thousands Ready to Strike on May Day

Brazil: Nationwide Strike Rebuffs "Disastrous" Austerity Measures

Climate Movement to May Day Strikers: "We've Got Your Back"

The 22 Dems Supporting Sanders' $15 Minimum Wage Bill... and 24 Who Aren't

Betraying 'Hire American' Pledge, Trump Rewards Companies Offshoring US Jobs

Bakery Workers Protest Trump's Immigration Crackdown in #DayWithoutBread

Pipeline

Trump's "Buy American" Order Looks Weak as DAPL Company Pushes Back

Newswire

Patriotic Millionaires

Paul Ryan Still Missing the Point: "Lowering tax rates does not create jobs. Period."...

ACLU

Fathers Denied Paid Parental Leave by J.P. Morgan Chase File Sex Discrimination Complaint with EEOC

National Nurses United

New Poll – 70% of Californians Support CA Medicare for All Bill

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

73 National Groups Demand OFCCP Remain Intact

Fight for $15

McDonald’s Workers Take Call for $15/hr, Union Rights Directly to Company’s Shareholders

Fight for $15

Hundreds of Fast Food Workers Rallied at McD's New HQ, Protest to Culminate at Massive Rally...

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