You Don’t Support a Livable Wage? Wait? What?
Earlier this week during a televised debate, the two candidates running in the special election for Georgia’s 6th congressional district were asked a simple question: ...
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This morning I woke up to headlines of yet another cryptic — and since deleted — tweet from our president. You know, the one about ...
Read postAli vs. Trump: Who’s Done More to Raise Up Working People?
Donald Trump is President of the United States. Ali is a waitress in Maine. So, who has done more to fight for working people and ...
Read post#SaveTheWage: Protect Minimum Wage Raises from Corporate Lobbyists and Lawyers
The same election that brought us Trump’s White House also brought hope to more than 2 million Americans earning low wages. In Arizona, Colorado, Maine, ...
Read postWhy the Women’s Strike was so important in the fight for economic equality
Turning this space over to The Fairness Project’s wickedly smart and wildly talented Digital Director, Cheryl Hori, who sent this email out yesterday. Five must-knows ...
Read postEvery. Single. Paycheck.
Probably stating the obvious but: When you get a raise, you see and feel the impact in every single paycheck. With each paycheck you can ...
Read post5 Ways Direct Democracy Can Reduce Economic Inequality and Create Progressive Change
Beginning on January 1, 19 states increased their minimum wage, raising the wages of millions of workers. Yet politicians weren’t responsible for much of these ...
Read postMaine’s Voters Spoke Clearly — It’s Time their Governor Listens
After seven years without a federal or state increase to the minimum wage, the people of Maine overwhelmingly voted to raise their minimum wage to ...
Read postGiving Thanks for Better Wages in 2017
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time for family, home cooking and celebration. But for the more than 41 million workers across the country who ...
Read postThe Faces of the 2016 Minimum Wage Campaigns
For nearly a full year, ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage have been organizing voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington and building the ...
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