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Minimum Wage

power Mar. 3, 2021

‘I Really Believe the Senate Is Broken’Representative Pramila Jayapal on the infuriatingly difficult fight for a $15 minimum wage.

By Bridget Read
power Feb. 24, 2021

Working Two Jobs, and Barely SurvivingThe abject inhumanity of America’s minimum wage, as told by one home health aide.

By Bridget Read
endangered species Nov. 14, 2017

A $15 Minimum Wage Endangers Our Most Precious Natural Resource: Rich KidsPoor Tiffany.

By Lisa Ryan
money talks Apr. 18, 2017

Bloomingdale’s Workers Might Go on Strike Come May 1They’re rallying today at the NYC flagship for better health care and wages.

By Diana Tsui
three cheers for equality July 1, 2015

Lawmakers Trying to Get Cheerleaders Paid Minimum WageA California assemblywoman (and former cheerleader) introduced a bill for fair pay.

By Susan Rinkunas
nailed it May 21, 2015

Hundreds of Volunteers Gather to Educate Manicurists on Their Rights People distributed informational fliers at nearly 100 New York City subway stations this morning.

By Erica Schwiegershausen