Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/09/fresh-calls-raisethewage-after-study-shows-1-increase-could-prevent-thousands Published on Thursday, January 09, 2020 by Common Dreams The House-approved Raise the Wage Act is among hundreds of bills sitting on the desk of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the self-declared “grim reaper” of progressive … Continued
From Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA (https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/): The Pennsylvania Senate passed a compromise bill that would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 per hour over the next two years. Under the terms of Senate Bill 79, Pennsylvania’s minimum wage … Continued
by Daniel Taylor, Updated: October 21, 2019 AKIRA SUWA / INQUIRER I ask all the families of my young patients if they are working, staying at home, or in school. I have learned that this inclusive, nonjudgmental question helps me understand family … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The leaves are turning, sweaters are out, and pumpkin-flavored you-name-it is here. Fall is great, but there are some things not to love about fall. Three words: sneezy does it. That’s right. It’s flu season. Every … Continued
HARRISBURG — Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final overtime rule, which will set the threshold under which salaried workers are automatically entitled to overtime pay to an inadequate $35,568 a year. As we stated when the rule … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/29/despite-relentless-assault-corporate-america-gallup-poll-shows-support-unions-near Published on Thursday, August 29, 2019 by Common Dreams “The labor movement has a powerful wind at its back. And we will carry this momentum into new organizing campaigns and our work in the 2020 elections.” By … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HARRISBURG, PA – Ahead of Labor Day weekend, the Keystone Research Center today released the 24th edition of its report “The State of Working Pennsylvania.” The report finds that, despite … Continued
Actually, action at any time is appropriate! September 16th, Statewide Across the state, activists will be lobbying their state representatives in-district as a send off action. Let’s send them a message, reminding them that part of their job in 2019 … Continued
From the Courage Campaign (https://www.couragecampaign.org/): Over 2.5 million domestic workers across the United States — many of them immigrants and women of color — care for our children, homes, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Yet domestic workers in the … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): August 22 was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the fact that Black women must work until August 22 of 2019 (and all of 2018) in order to earn what white men were paid in 2018 … Continued