Family Of 8 Die Of Gas Poisoning After Utility Company Cut Power To Home

“How can a man survive off of basically minimum wage with seven kids, and you can’t help him with a utility bill?” Hardy asked. “This man was working. And Delmarva Power cuts the lights off?”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Onlookers gather outside of a house, where police say seven children and one adult have been found dead Monday, April 6, 2015, in Princess Anne, Md.

Onlookers gather outside of a house, where police say seven children and one adult have been found dead Monday, April 6, 2015, in Princess Anne, Md. PRINCESS ANNE, Md.  — A divorced father and the seven children he was trying to raise on a kitchen worker's salary were poisoned in their sleep by carbon monoxide only days after the power

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VIDEO: Low-Wage Workers Retake National Stage in ‘Fight for 15’

Workers from fast food, health care, and other industries call for fair pay and respect.

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis

Thousands of workers in several different low-pay industries—including fast food, airlines, and health care—staged protests throughout the country on Thursday to demand a $15 an hour minimum wage, improved benefits, and collective bargaining rights, marking the two-year anniversary of the movement that has come to be known as the Fight for

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Minimum Wage Measures Pass Overwhelmingly, Even In Red States

‘Now thousands will get a raise and begin to make a fair wage.’

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton

Measures aimed at raising the minimum wage passed overwhelmingly in the five states where they appeared on Tuesday's ballot. The largest margin of victory as of Wednesday morning was in Alaska, where Ballot Measure 3 won by 38 points, with 68.6 percent voting yes and 31.3 percent voting against the initiative. Measure 3 will raise the state’s

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Nearly 500 Hundred Arrested As Fast-Food Workers Rise Up Nationwide

Strikes and protests in more than a hundred US cities reveals rapidly growing effort by labor unions and low-wage workers to join forces and reclaim power of organized people.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Hundreds of fast-food workers and their supporters were arrested in cities across the country on Thursday as they stood up (and in some cases sat down) for a series of three major demands that include a $15/hour "living" wage, the right to unionize, and better working conditions across the industry. In what was the largest coordinated action yet

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Low-Wage Workers ‘Movement’ Flexes Its Muscles Nationwide

Employees of the fast-food industry demand $15 minimum wage and better workplace protections as actions expected in 150 cities across the country.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
Striking fast-food workers

Fast-food workers are out in force nationwide on Thursday as they participate in a day of action designed to highlight the scourge of low-wages and push a series of demands to combat the persistent poverty endured by those who form the backbone of  the profitable multi-billion dollar industry. Led by organizers at FightFor15—and supported in

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States With Higher Minimum Wage Boast Faster Job Growth

In the 13 states that raised their minimum wage at the beginning of 2014, the number of jobs grew an average of 0.85 percent from January through June—compared with just 0.61 percent in the remaining states.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

Adding fuel to the growing populist call for a higher minimum wage and throwing water on the conservative argument that fair pay will threaten employment, new data released Friday shows that states with higher wages are gaining more jobs. According to an Associated Press analysis of the Labor Department's latest hiring statistics, in the 13

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