Democrats Still Don’t Have ‘A Better Deal’ For Working People

The Democrats cannot and will not promise working people all that much of value so long as they remain wedded to the brand of destructive corporate politics.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by, Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. and Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks in a park in Berryville, Va., July 24, 2017, where they unveiled the Democrats new agenda. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. (Opinion) --- Over the past eight months, the Democratic Party has floundered and sputtered around while trying to develop an agenda that can convince citizens they are a clear alternative to President Donald Trump. What Democrats have mostly done is unleash volleys of accusations as if this somehow

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Big Employers Are Benefiting From Cheap, Illegal Labor

Two cases illustrate how big-name employers benefit from illegal labor and why undocumented workers are easily exploited.

Travis Putnam Hill
By Travis Putnam Hill
Two cases, Target and H.E.B. illustrate how big-name employers benefit from illegal labor and why undocumented workers are easily exploited. (AP/Elise Amendola, File)

At an hour when many people are tucking themselves in for the night, the cleaning crew at an Austin-area Target store is just getting started. By the time it finishes in the early morning, workers will have cleaned the bathrooms, taken out the garbage, washed windows and carpets and polished the floors to that reflective white sheen on which the

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Marijuana, Gun Control, Minimum Wage Hikes Win At The Polls

In all, more than 150 measures appeared on statewide ballots in Tuesday’s election.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally in support of Prop. 64 Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in San Francisco. California voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday allowing recreational marijuana in the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Filling a void created by congressional inaction, voters in a scattering of states tightened gun control laws and approved increases in the minimum wage. The campaign to legalize marijuana achieved a major breakthrough, with victories in at least six states. In all, more than 150 measures appeared on statewide ballots in Tuesday's

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California Reaches Deal to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

Numerous statewide polls have suggested voters would approve a minimum wage proposal—perhaps even a more sweeping version—if given the chance.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

Hoping to avoid a costly ballot fight, California lawmakers and labor unions on Saturday reportedly reached an agreement to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour gradually by 2023. Governor Jerry Brown is expected to make a formal announcement on Monday, but a source close to the negotiations revealed the content of the deal to the Los

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Wall Street Bonus Pool Is Double Combined Earnings Of Minimum Wage Workers

There is enough money in the bonus pool to raise pay to a living wage of $15 an hour for either all of the country’s 2.6 million restaurant servers and bartenders, all 1.6 million home health and personal care aides, or all 2.6 million fast food preparation and serving workers.

Dan Wright
By Dan Wright
Protesters Richard Hanzel, left, Brendan Hutt, and Richard Shavzin, right, of the Screen Actors Guild, dressed as wall street bankers, march from Goldman Sachs' office to a rally in Federal Plaza demanding Wall Street reform, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, in Chicago.

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Bailouts for nothing and get out of jail free. A new report [PDF] by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) calculates that the Wall Street bonus pool – the money given on top of an average salary of $404,000 – doubles the combined annual earnings of all full-time minimum wage workers in America. The

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‘Fight For $15’ Tallies Giant Win In New York As Movement Marches On

Latest victory for low-wage workers, declared one McDonald’s worker, ‘has showed me what’s possible when people stick and work together.’

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Fast Food workers and economic justice advocates across the country, but especially in New York, had much to celebrate on Wednesday as a state panel announced its recommendation that all employees at chain restaurants  should be paid at least $15 per hour by the year 2018. The announcement by the New York's Fast Food Wage Board followed an

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