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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This Union Nurse and Outspoken Progressive Could Become Iowa’s Next Governor
Cathy Glasson is running an insurgent campaign on a platform of Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and ending “right to work” laws.
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Scores arrested in first 'Fight for $15' protest since Trump win
Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as U.S. fast-food and airport workers led nationwide protests for higher pay and union rights in their first major action since Donald Trump was elected president.
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Fight for $15 Takes On Campus Wages, Elevates Role of Universities In Labor Activism
Students at about 20 U.S. colleges, including Columbia, Northeastern and San Francisco State, are mounting campaigns demanding better pay for all campus workers.
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How Organized Labor's Allegiance to Establishment Democrats is Killing Unions
One again, union leadership prioritizes political connections in high places over the best interests of its members.
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Fast Food Workers To Strike Nationwide December 4, Demanding $15 An Hour
“We’re going to show this movement is bigger than ever."
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Fast Food Workers Launch Biggest Strike To Date Demanding Higher Minimum Wage
Workers from McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut and other chains are holding a mass walkout Thursday as the battle to unionize – and receive higher wages – escalates.
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Fast Food Strikes and Protests to Hit 150 U.S. Cities And 30 Countries on May 15
The global walkout seeks to mobilize thousands of American low-wage workers, and their counterparts from Auckland to Karachi.
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Seattle Announces $15 Minimum Wage: Highest In the United States
Seattle will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour over the coming years under a deal brokered by the mayor and blessed by labor and business groups alike.
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The Time Has Come For $15 Minimum Wage
Had minimum wage kept up with worker productivity it would be $22/hour today. For a workers movement to win a living minimum wage will require getting corporate-backed politicians unelected from office, and building strength at the workplace level.
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"Fight for 15" Strikes Demand Higher Pay
Nationwide "Fight for 15" strikes calling for higher pay have spurred a debate over what constitutes a living wage and helped shift the labor movement toward direct action.
