Take Action: Low Pay Is Not Okay
FAST-FOOD WORKERS ARE TAKING A STAND AGAINST LOW PAY Most fast-food workers these days are adults with families to support, and the federal minimum wage of $7.25 just doesn’t cover basic needs like...
View ArticleD.C. McDonald’s Stores Packed With Surprise Minimum-Wage Protesters
More than 50 protesters filled three District of Columbia McDonald’s restaurant locations urging managers to give employees a voice on the job and a living wage. The protest was warmly received by...
View ArticleMarch on Washington for Jobs & Freedom
Working to realize the dream 50 years later Join us for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. March for jobs and freedom. Rally at the Lincoln Memorial begins at 8 A.M. This will be...
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Every year the federal government pays private contractors $1 trillion to to do everything from sew military uniforms to clean the bathrooms at federal buildings to sell food and souvenirs at national...
View ArticleTONIGHT! Tell Mayor Gray to sign the Large Retailer Accountability Act
Living Wage Supporters- On Tuesday, August 27th, at 6:30pm at the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church, 3000 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Councilmember Vincent Orange, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Faith...
View ArticleLarge Retailer Accountability Act Town Hall
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, D.C. community, labor and D.C. council members gathered Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church,...
View ArticleTake Action: Tell Tommy Wells that D.C. Needs a Living Wage
Click here to take action The Washington, D.C., City Council is just one vote short of the number it needs to overturn the mayor’s imminent veto of the living wage bill that would require big retailers...
View ArticleTake Action! Tell Chairman Phil Mendelson we need paid sick days for ALL!
Call CM Phil Mendelson to tell him we need paid sick days w/ our minimum wage increase: (202) 724-8032. Click here to read/follow the call script.
View ArticleLow-wage workers’ movement looks to build on banner year
By Ned Resnikoff, MSNBC The past four decades have been grim for the American labor movement. The percentage of workers enrolled in unions has been slipping since the 1970s, and it may soon approach...
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