A new wage bill by Bernie Sanders, which proposes to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2024, raises important questions on movements and the Democratic Party. By Duane Wright When leftists like myself tell progressives that the role of the Democratic party is to demobilize social movements and get people accepting less than what […]
Read MoreBernie’s new minimum wage bill leaves workers a decade behind
Federation Tags: Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, labor, minimum wage
Confronting Low Wages and No Renter Protections in Oregon
Portland Tags: $15now, fight for 15, minimum wage, no cause eviction, portland solidarity network, Portland Tenants United, rent control, tenant organizing
On Thursday, February 18, minimum wage and housing justice activists in Oregon descended on Salem to protest a weakened wage proposal and delayed renters’ rights legislation. $15Now Oregon – the state wing of the larger Fight for $15 movement sweeping the country – saw opposition over the last several months coming from the much more […]
Read MorePortland Demands a Raise: PDX Joins the Fight for $15 Day of Action
Portland Tags: $15now, adjunct faculty, afscme, fast food fight, fight for fifteen, minimum wage, portland solidarity network, seiu, socialist alternative, strike for fifteen
We don’t live in the world we were promised. With hard work we could achieve dreams, the kind of which our parents never could have seen. Instead we have collectively headed into a “lost generation” where we will be the first generation to be poorer than our parents. The concept of preparatory work, or jobs […]
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