Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
A low-wage worker turns to minimum-wage activism after a life in poverty
By Eli Saslow Mar 9, 2020 She had been riding the city bus almost every day for the past decade without paying much attention to the people around her. Sara Fearrington, 43, was usually isolated in the fog of her own problems, commuting between working double shifts at Waffle House and parenting at home, but
Proposal would tier Illinois minimum wage based on location
By Charity Bel March 9, 2020 There’s a new push in Springfield to once again change minimum wage in Illinois. The new proposal would tier minimum wages, depending on where you live. The minimum wage increased to $9.25 an hour on January first. It’s scheduled to increase again July first to $10 dollars an hour.
Professor’s Plea: Living Wage for 1912 Textile Strikers
By Dana Rubin March 04, 2020 Third in a series commemorating Women’s History Month by spotlighting a significant speech or testimony delivered by a woman in the U.S. on this date. The “Bread and Roses Strike” had been in progress for two months in the harsh winter of 1912 when Vida Scudder arrived at Lawrence, Mass., invited
Why We Should Eliminate the Tipped Minimum Wage
By Amanda Kludt Mar 3, 2020 Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending a screening of the film Waging Change and speaking on the following panel at the Ford Foundation for Social Justice (note to architecture buffs: the atrium is everything it’s hyped up to be). The film follows organizers (including Jane Fonda and AOC!) fighting to eliminate
Striking UC Santa Cruz graduate students fired
By Vivian Ho February 28, 2020 The University of California, Santa Cruz, issued termination letters on Friday to 54 graduate students who have been waging a months-long strike for a cost-of-living-adjustment amid soaring rents. The firings came as graduate students at the University of California, Davis, and University of California, Santa Barbara, began their own
Marrero State Rep. bill aims to raise minimum wage to $9
By Kenny Kuhn February 27, 2020 Marrero State Representative Kyle M. Green Jr. wants to raise the state minimum wage to $9 an hour this legislative session with a pre-filed bill. Others have tried to pass bills to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour. Some economists believe raising the wage would