Republican Millionaire Senate Candidates Don’t Know Minimum Wage
Republican Senate candidates Todd Akin, Sarah Steelman, and John Brunner were interviewed by Charlie Brennan on KMOX and much to the dismay of right-wingers everywhere actually had to answer a...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Is Too Damn Low!
As we approach the third year since an increase in the federal minimum wage and six years since Missiouri voted to increase the minimum wage The Center for Economic and Policy Research has released The...
View ArticleHigher Minimum Wage Would Create 100,000 Jobs
As the battle for a higher minimum wage at both the state and federal level a new report states 28 million Americans would receive a pay raise and 100,000 new jobs would be created. Maybe that’s...
View ArticleMissouri’s Worker Protection Center
Yesterday morning I attended the Labor Law breakfast hosted by the Universiity of Missouri Extension Council and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The speaker was Larry...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Goes Up In Missouri and 9 Other States
From Crooks and Liars. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages higher than the federal rate of $7.25
View ArticleWatch: Truth About Minimum Wage
MSNBC hosted this segment on the economic benefits of raising the minimum wage. Powerful. Did you know the Minimum Wage was created in 1938 alongside legislation that outlawed child labor. Guess...
View ArticleIs The Minimum Wage Too Low?
Craig Harrington from Economy In Crisis compares our minimum wage with those in other countries. A quick and enjoyable read. During last week’s State of the Union, President Obama called on Congress...
View ArticleWatch Bill Moyers: America Deserves A Higher Minimum Wage
This week’s episode of Moyers and Company was a fascinating one. From discussions about the pay of those in the food industry to a conversation with Richard Wolff about politics and protests. Grab a...
View ArticleStill Think They Can’t Afford It?
By the Numbers $22 / hr: What minimum wage would be if it had kept pace with productivity since 1960. $11,000: The amount Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke makes in one hour.
View ArticleWarren Feeds Restaurant Lobby Crow
One of my new favorite Senators, Elizabeth Warren, asks questions that working people have long wanted to hear in this short video of a Senate hearing on the Minimum Wage. She points out that if the...
View ArticleDemocratic Radio Online: Bill Press Interviews Acting Labor Secretary Seth...
This week’s audio netcast features Bill Press interviewing acting Department of Labor Secretary Seth Harris about Home Care workers being covered by the National Labor Relations Act (they are not now)...
View ArticleAll I Want Is A Life! Are You Listening Wal-Mart and McDonalds?
In These Times is carrying Supersize Those Wages, McDonalds – McDonalds low wages hurt taxpayers as well as workers. How Does McDonalds low wages hurt taxpayers? Taxpayers cover the cost of McDonald’s...
View ArticleSaturday Fun: Tim Hawkins, “I Work At Subway”
Lake St. Louis native Tim Hawkins scores with “I Work At Subway.” With California voting to raise their minimum wage to $10 and fast food, retail, and Wal-Mart workers standing taller every day this...
View ArticleThom Hartmann Video: Right-Wingers Say “Unskilled Don’t Deserve Living Wage”
Yes, you read that. On this nine minute video of Thom Hartmann’s show Reason magazine’s Adrian Moore advocates an outdated misunderstanding of the minimum wage that spokesman for trickle down...
View ArticleBill Maher Takes Minimum Wage Deniers To Task
In his New Rules segment Bill Maher takes on Minimum Wage deniers and leaves their arguments smoldering in the rubble. Beware that there is one example of profane language in this clip.
View ArticleSupport Fast Food Strikes Happening Today
Fast Food workers in over 100 cities, including St. Louis will be striking today to protest low wages and a business model that has American taxpayers subsidizing very profitable corporations while...
View ArticleConservative California Millionaire Wants To Raise Minimum Wage
Politico has the story of Millionaire Conservative Backs California Minimum Wage Hike. To Unz, who’s spoken out over the years on issues as varied as campaign finance to IQ and race, the proposal...
View ArticleLeading Economists Support A Higher Minimum Wage, Helps Women, Lowers Poverty
The Nation has this story of 75 Leading Economists Just Told Congress To Raise The Minimum Wage. A group of seventy-five leading economists signed a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders...
View ArticleAudio Netcast: Revolution, Minimum Wage, And Senate Control 2014
This week’s audio netcast: The ever-provocative economics writer David Cay Johnston predicts riots and revolution if income inequality continues on its present course. Activist Valerie Ervin talks...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Republicans Unite In War On Wages – Again
This is presented in the context of “you have to laugh to avoid crying.” Andy Borowitz shares the reality of Senate Republicans voting down a proposed increase in the minimum wage… A broad-based...
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