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November 5, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

1800 workers in New York City are in their eighth month striking against Charter Communications. After Charter bought Time Warner Cable in May 2016, Charter sought to substitute its standard contract for the collective bargaining agreement between Time Warner and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3. Workers—like Tanisha Smythe who is frequenting food banks […]

August 29, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

An embattled St. Louis ordinance raised the city’s minimum wage to $10 an hour on May 5, 2017. Yesterday, the minimum wage dropped back down to $7.70 because a state law took effect prohibiting local minimum wages above the state minimum. Though many states have prevented local increases, few have rolled back increases that were […]

May 28, 2017
News & Commentary

Emily Miller

Democratic lawmakers, led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have pledged to increase the minimum wage to $15 within the first 100 hours if Democrats take back control of the House in 2018. According to Politico, Pelosi endorsed a $15 minimum wage back in 2015, and her recent promise to increase the minimum wage drew widespread support […]

Today’s News & Commentary — April 11, 2017

Apr 11, 2017 Jon Weinberg

Minors in Texas may soon need parental approval to join a labor union. According to the Texas Tribune, “minors in the state may be required to obtain parental approval before they can join a labor union under a proposal the Texas Senate tentatively approved along party lines Monday.” The legislator who introduced the bill “said she […]

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