The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Social Movements Converge on April 4 Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
The Fight for $15 and the Movement for Black Lives will take to the streets nationwide April 4 in a two-dozen-city “Fight Racism, Raise Pay” protest.
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California's $15 Minimum Wage Earthquake
Workers, more than half of them women and Latinos, will receive on average one quarter more in wages, or about $3,700 per year adjusted for inflation.
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California Governor Announces Landmark $15 Minimum Wage Deal
“It’s a matter of economic justice, it makes sense, and it will help our entire state do much better for its citizens,” said Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, marking the largest victory to date of the national Fight for $15 movement.
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Low Wages, Rising Rents: Why California Workers Can’t Afford A Roof Over Their Head
According to the California Housing Partnership Corporation, a combination of falling incomes and high rents is driving the worst rental-housing crisis in California since World War II.
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Workers Nationwide Win City and State Minimum Wage Hikes
Ballot measures on minimum-wage hikes and paid sick days succeeded, but things just got grimmer for unions and healthcare expansion.
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Moms Against Walmart: Demanding Better Pay and Conditions For Women Workers
Female employees at the bottom of the income scale are making too little to support their families – and some at the nation's biggest retailer are taking to the streets to demand a change.
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Move Over, D.C: The Minimum Wage Fight Is Going Local Across the Nation
From San Diego and L.A. to cities across the Bay Area, and from South Dakota to Arkansas, policy makers are looking to raise local wage floors, reflecting the growing economic insecurity of working families.
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Almost Half Of New Yorkers Are Poor
Nearly half of New Yorkers were making less than 150 percent of the poverty threshold.
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Organized Labor, Public Banks and the Grassroots: Keys to a Worker-Owned Economy
Worker-owned cooperatives build economic democracy. But how do we build more worker-owned cooperatives?
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Revealed: ALEC Is Behind State-by-State Push to Lower Minimum Wage
Politicians backed by the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council have introduced 67 laws in 25 states to reduce minimum wage levels, a new survey revealed.
