Dumping the subminimum-wage standard ($2.13 an hour?!) they labor under would certainly help—and now may be more politically possible.
minimum wage
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Biden’s Executive Actions to Protect Workers
Today on TAP: The president could be doing a lot more with his executive power.
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Rich Folks’ Tax Dodging, Nobel Prizes, and Berkeley’s Very Good October
Today on TAP: This month’s UC Berkeley trifecta
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The Half-Woke Working Class
Today on TAP: Rebuilding the labor movement will take more than individual acts of rebellion
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Our Most Successful Economic Justice Movement
Today on TAP: The Fight for $15 continues
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Why a Factory Job Ain’t What It Used to Be
Today on TAP: The American South and declining U.S. wage standards
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Time for Some Good Inflation
Today on TAP: The recent era of low inflation was made possible by low wages
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The Fight for $15 Confronts the ‘Labor Shortage’ Narrative
Strikers are walking off the job today, seeking dignity at work at a time when business owners want a reserve army to accept low pay and bad conditions.
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$15 an Hour for Federal Contractors Is Great. A Union Is Better.
Biden could kick-start labor organizing, without approval from Congress.
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A $25 Minimum Wage for Caregivers
Today on TAP: The pittance we pay caregivers is a disgrace
