House GOP Blocks Bills on Equal Pay, Minimum Wage, LGBT and Mine Safety
In a single committee meeting Wednesday, House Republicans voted against considering bills to raise the minimum wage, reform mine safety law and expand equal pay and discrimination protections....
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The Minimum Wage Bill Signed in Maryland!
Today, the minimum wage bill that will increase the wage to $10.10 by 2018 was signed by Governor Martin O’Malley. “For the last eight years, expanding the middle class has been the North Star of my...
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Montgomery & Prince George’s Community Groups Launch Education Campaign to...
Jacqueline Midence, a fast food industry worker, spoke out about her experience being in the industry for four years and still making minimum wage. Photo by Bill Burke. After a decade of frozen...
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Union Leader—Spring 2014
On the Cover: Kroger Union-Busts as Bargaining Approaches Maryland, West Virginia Boost Minimum Wage Republicans Deny Medicaid to 400,000 Virginians Shoppers Members Mobilize for Bargaining Steward...
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Raising the Wage and Your Health in D.C. !
After a decade of frozen salaries, D.C. and states across the country are taking initiative, and pulling working families out of poverty by raising wages. However, the laws only benefit constituents,...
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Montgomery and Prince George’s Minimum Wage Increase Officially in Effect
UFCW Local 400 and UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO pictured with leader of the minimum wage legislation, Montgomery County Council member, Marc Elrich. Photo by Karlyn Williams. Montgomery County political,...
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Hundreds Rally & March In Support of Walmart Associates “Fight for $15” and...
Photo by Chris Garlock. Report by Union City—Hundreds of labor and community activists shut down K Street on Thursday as they marched on the Walton Family Foundation’s 18th Street offices to call out...
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In Case You Missed It: Minimum Wage is on the Up & Up!
In case you missed it January 1, 2015 the minimum wage increased in 21 states, including Maryland and West Virginia. (D.C.’s wage increased July 1) Be sure to check and double-check your pay checks....
View Article#PayVA Campaign Continues Though November Elections
Last year, Local 400 and its labor allies succeeded in raising the minimum wage in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia, leaving Virginia lagging behind at $7.25/hour. To get Virginia’s living...
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Virginia Members Take Concerns to Legislature in Annual AFL-CIO Lobby Day
by Rick Howell The Virginia Senate Commerce and Labor Committee ignored the voices of working Virginians and once again struck down a proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage, currently a paltry...
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