Headlines
- 08/26/08 - Half of All Food Produced Worldwide is Wasted
- 07/24/08 - Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Minimum Wage Hike Long Overdue
- 07/04/08 - Wal-Mart Defender To Direct Obama's Economic Policy
- 05/09/08 - Always the Low Paycheck!
- 04/01/08 - Day of Celebration Honors Cesar Chavez
- 03/27/08 - From Macro to Micro, Fair Food Allies Stepping Up!
- 03/20/08 - Union Negotiations with Major Grocers Giant and Safeway Take Time
- 02/08/08 - Bush Proposes to Drive Down the Already Low Wages of Farmworkers
- 01/29/08 - Proposal Seeks a Break for Low-Wage Workers
- 01/28/08 - Why The Right Loves A Disaster--Including the Current Economic Recession
- 01/22/08 - U.S. Senators Call for Pay Increase for Tomato Pickers & Other Farmworkers
- 01/07/08 - Progressive States Network Lists Progress on Wage Standards and Workplace Freedom
- 01/06/08 - Report Says That the Rich Are Getting Richer Faster, Much Faster
- 12/27/07 - New Laws Will Impact California Farmers on January 1
- 12/24/07 - San Francisco to Raise Minimum Wage to $9.36 Per Hour
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The GNA Platform
Press the politicians
to support:
- A repeal of NAFTA and GATT, so that Fair Trade, environmental sustainability, and a living wage for all become the foundation of our trade policies.
- Federal legislation, such as the Employee Free Choice Act, guaranteeing that when the majority of workers in a sizeable workplace sign union cards, the employer would be required to enter into a collective bargaining process with the workers.
- An increase in the Federal Minimum Wage to $8.50 an hour, in line with the minimum wage in Canada and Europe.
- A substantial increase in taxes on large corporations and the richest one percent of Americans (with yearly incomes averaging $1.3 million) to pay for universal health care, subsidized childcare, and free tuition for public colleges and universities.
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Resources
- Jared
Bernstein Testimony
Testimony from an economist from the Economic Policy Institute arguing for the correlation between a livable minimum wage and a reduction in poverty. - Fair
Wages & Homelessness
Policy Statements
Put together by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, this document lists the justification for minimum wage increases and the specific economic policy changes that could bring them about. - The
Fight for the
Minimum Wage
This story follows this minimum-wage increasing laws passed in 2006, and the subsequent "gutting" of these laws that took place by lobbyists and legislators.
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