It’s Time for Lawmakers to Acknowledge Workers are Struggling
53 million American workers are barely making ends meet. It's time for elected officials to do something about it.
Minimum Wage Hikes Just Start of Justice for Workers
A new year has brought increased pay for nearly 7 million low-wage workers in 22 states.
Thanks to a mix of lawmakers or voters themselves approving minimum wage hikes (and cost-of-living adjustments) in recent years, those at the bottom of the pay scale are getting much-deserved raises, ranging from a $1.50 an hour in Washington state and New Mexico to 10 cents an hour in Florida.
Report Shows Companies Are Doing All They Can to Crush Unions
Organizing workers to join a union is not an easy job. Companies will go to extreme lengths to quash any such efforts. And the law, as a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) explains, is merely an inconvenience for many.
Worker Noncompete Agreements Tamp Down on Wages
New Economic Policy Institute report finds 29 percent of companies paying workers on average less than $13 an hour require them.
Teamsters Host Presidential Forum, Learn Candidates’ Vision
Six leading contenders share with union members their views on pension reform, collective bargaining.
Teamsters on the Trail: Nov. 18-24
Teamsters were busy following candidates across the early states in the lead-up to the Thanksgiving holiday, with visits in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire. As usual, members kept presidential contenders on their toes by pushing for commitments on issues that workers across the country care about most.
Bill Would Rein in Wall Street Excess That Hurts Workers
House legislation would hold private equity firms accountable for running companies into the ground.
Teamsters on the Trail: Nov. 11-17
Teamsters turned up for presidential candidate events in Florida and Nevada this week, including the “First in the West” dinner in Las Vegas where members heard from several contenders about where they stand on the issues that matter most to workers.
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