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Workers

Urging Senate to 'Ignore the Parliamentarian,' Sanders to Force Vote on $15 Minimum Wage Amendment

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, arrives at a hearing on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Report Finds Biden Can Potentially Freeze Dozens of Trump's Last-Minute 'Egregious and Damaging' Rollbacks

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to announce new Cabinet nominations at the Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Trump's sloppiness and incompetence has created an opening to undo some of the damage caused by his destructive anti-regulatory agenda."

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150 Former Aides, Surrogates Urge Sanders to Help Secure Citizenship Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Protesters holding a banner that reads, "A Path to Citizenship for All" at a silent demonstration in Manhattan on February 25, 2021.

"Undocumented workers and their families continue to face the possibility of...

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150K+ Voters Back $15 Minimum Wage as Biden and Harris Pushed to #Keep15In Pandemic Relief Bill

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a meeting with members of the House and Senate about supply chain disruptions due to coronavirus in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

"Decency is Democrats using the political power they've been handed to finally...

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Eight-year-old Indi Pineau, a third grader in Lakewood, Colorado's Jeffco Public Schools, participates in her first day of online learning in her room at her family's home on March 17, 2020. (Photo: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/<em>The Denver Post</em> via Getty Images)

'Life-Changer for Millions': FCC Approves Program to Help Poor Families Overcome Digital Divide During Pandemic

Then-presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during the SEIU Unions for All Summit in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2019. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

Progressives Urge Biden to Prove 'Pro-Union' Stance by Publicly Backing Amazon Workers in Alabama

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) listens to remarks from Xavier Becerra during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Becerra's nomination to be HHS secretary in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2021. (Photo: Michael Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

John Thune's Childhood $6 Wage—$24 Adjusted for Inflation—Sure Helps Make the Case for At Least $15

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) heads for the Senate Chamber to vote on the confirmation of Denis McDonough at the U.S. Capitol on February 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sanders 'Confident' $15 Minimum Wage Possible Through Senate Reconciliation

Sikh-Americans hold a protest rally to save the farmers against farm laws in India, St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

US Farmers and Food Justice Groups Declare 'Solidarity' With Indian Farmer Protests

Employees at the Triumph Foods plant in St. Joseph Missouri process pig parts. (Photo: USDA)

'Dirty and Dangerous': New Data Show Higher Rates of Contamination in Pork Plants Using New Slaughter System

Uber driver Yasar Gorur wears personal protective equipment while cleaning his vehicle on April 14, 2020 in London.

'Landmark' Victory as UK Supreme Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Workers Entitled to Minimum Wage, Benefits

Service workers demonstrate in favor of the Raise the Wage Act on January 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for One Fair Wage)

Over 200 Small Business Restaurant Owners & Employers Pen Letter Endorsing Raise the Wage Act

Demanding 'Dignified Work and a Living Wage' as Legal Rights, Ayanna Pressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution

A plaque on the exterior of the National Labor Relations Board headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Gerald Shields/Wikimedia Commons)

'An Excellent Pick': Labor Advocates Applaud Biden Nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for NLRB General Counsel

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on August 6, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

New York AG Sues Amazon Over 'Flagrant Disregard' for Worker Safety During Pandemic

The Drug Policy Alliance on Tuesday launched a new online initiative entitled "Uprooting the Drug War." (Image: DPA)

'Crucial' New Project Exposes How Far-Reaching US War on Drugs 'Has Contaminated Six Critical Systems'

Newswire

Patriotic Millionaires

Patriotic Millionaires Urge Congress to Tax the Rich, Not the Unemployed

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders Statement on Parliamentarian’s Advice

Corporate Accountability

Congress Just Introduced the Answer to America’s Water Woes With Unprecedented Support: The WATER Act of 2021

Economic Policy Institute

Wages Grew in 2020 Because Low-Wage Workers Experienced the Brunt of the Job Losses

American Federation of Government Employees

Head of Largest Federal Employee Union Testifies Before House Subcommittee on 'Revitalizing the Federal Workforce'

Network Lobby

Catholic Advocates Call on Congress to Pass a Pathway to Citizenship

Views

John Buell

Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage Are Dead Wrong

Lee Saunders, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Austerity as Fake News: It Is Time to Bury Myth That a Race to the Bottom Will Get Us to the Top

Astra Taylor

Biden Absolutely Has the Power To Unilaterally Cancel All Federal Student Debt. He Just Refuses To Do It.

Elsie Roderiques

What Is a Migrant Worth?

Arindrajit Dube

New Report Estimating $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost 1.4 Million Jobs Is Wrong

Rajan Menon

How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable

Joseph Stiglitz

Congress Must Pass Biden's Relief Package or Risk an Anemic and Devastatingly Incomplete Recovery

Sarah Anderson

Danny Glover Explains Why He's in Alabama With Amazon Workers

Chuck Collins

Nomadland: The Lifetime Impacts of Gender-Bias in Wages

Paul Buchheit

2021 Update: Half of America In or Near Poverty