By Brandon Weber on July 4, 2018
Affordable Care act, civil rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, End of Slavery, Fighting Bigotry, Fighting Poverty, Interracial Marriage, Jobs and Banking Reform, Liberal Victories, liberals, Living wages, Marriage equality for all, National Labor Relations Act, Progressive Values, progressive victories, Progressives, Right to Vote, Social Security, The Liberal Agenda, The New Deal, Voting Rights Act of 1965, workers rights
Civil Rights, Liberals, Progressives, Wages, Workers rights
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Here are but a few of the liberal victories that improved our country in the last 200 years — some after rather massive battles. Sure, times ahead will be rough for us Progressives, but we’ve faced the forces of austerity and plunder before. If you look at the record […]
By Samuel Warde on September 6, 2016
Employment Benefits, fair wages, Federal Minimum Wage, GOP platform, Living wages, Republican Party Platform of 1956, republican platform, Unions, Work Benefits, Worker Rights
Conservatives, Republican Indifference, Republicans, Wages, Workers rights
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Any working class Americans voting Republican are voting against self-interest. John Nichols, a long-time contributor to The Nation and the periodical’s National Affairs correspondent, wrote a blistering Labor Day article on Donald Trump as the Republican Party, writing that their “platform is a litany of foolish dreams.” Nichols […]
By Samuel Warde on May 26, 2016
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Corporate Accountability International, corporate welfare for low paid workers, Fast Food Workers Minimum wage, fast food workers wages, Fight for $15 Movement, Living wages, low wages force workers to rely on public assistance, McDonald's low wages, McDonalds workers want union rights, Public Citizen, Strike for 15, taxpayer dollars for public aid for fast food workers, Underpaid workers protest
Activism, Labor, Wages
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Workers descend on McDonald’s shareholders meeting on Thursday, demanding living wages. As McDonald’s holds its annual meeting on Thursday, low wage workers—buoyed by successes from the “unstoppable” Fight for $15 movement—are confronting the burger giant and again demand a decent wage and union rights. On Wednesday, in addition […]
By Samuel Warde on November 12, 2015
Election 2011, fair wages, income inequality, Jobs labor and wages, Living wages, Raising the minimum wage to a living wage, Republican Candidates Reject American Workers, Republicans on the minimum wage
Election 2016, Jobs, Labor, Wages
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit “Just say no!” That’s what all but 2 Republican candidates are telling American workers. Three leading Republican presidential hopefuls said they would not support raising the federal minimum wage during Tuesday’s debate, with the leading candidate – Donald Trump – doubling down on his remarks the following morning. […]
By Samuel Warde on September 4, 2012
Labor Day, Livable Wages, Living wages, republican indifference, The Economy, Videos, Working Class Americans, Working Wages
Activism, Labor, Right Wing Hatred, Wages
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Paul Ryan demonstrates that Republicans just don’t care about working class Americans. Paul Ryan participated in a Labor Day Parade back in 2011 as part of his campaign and although it is a few years years old, it remains relevant as it shows how Ryan deals the people […]
