Closing The Wage Gap

It Is Time to Take Action for Workers’ Rights

by Tarang Saluja, Sophie Peterson, and Olivia Medeiros-Sakimoto April 13, 2023 Do you remember why you applied to Swarthmore? In the 2022-2023 U.S. News rankings, Swarthmore was ranked as the #4 liberal arts college in the country. The class sizes are generally small, which allows professors and students to connect more meaningfully. The campus (when […]

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UC employees rally for $25 minimum wage outside Board of Regents meeting

By Mona Zhao April 13, 2023 Dozens of UC employees gathered outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to call for higher wages. The rally, put on by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents more than 30,000 UC service workers

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Raises bring workers at 2 Long Beach hotels up to at least $22 an hour

By Alicia Robinson April 13, 2023 Employees at two hotels in Downtown Long Beach are celebrating $4 per hour raises and other benefits that union representatives hope to spread to thousands of other hospitality workers across the region in ongoing contract talks. The Hyatt Regency and Hyatt Centric agreed to bring minimum pay to between $22

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