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It’s Time for A Higher Minimum Wage in North Carolina

… below the federal poverty threshold. A good job with fair wages is the right of all working people, and the time for … 1 in 3 workers—in North Carolina get paid poverty wages. They work without knowing how they’ll make rent or … fabrication that life here is so cheap we can live on low wages; $15 is the actual minimum needed to cover the bare …

Work and Wages: How We Can Work Less and Make More

… Work and Wages: How We Can Work Less and Make More Events Work and Wages: How We Can Work Less and Make More September 17, 2015 … growth both suggest that the relationship between work and wages is more complicated, that we are worth more than we … Work and Wages: How We Can Work Less and Make More …

Statement by Vincent Alvarez on Governor Cuomo's $15/hour Minimum Wage Proposal

… it is imperative that all workers receive the middle class wages that will allow them to pay for housing, care for … all, and that all of New York City's workers receive the wages they so desperately need and deserve."  …

One Year Ahead of the 2016 Presidential Election, Workers Rally for $15 and a Union

… NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer spoke of the need for higher wages across the board.  All of the speakers stressed the … importance of standing together until all workers have the wages they need to live self-sufficiently in NYC. After the … McDonald’s, where local students spoke of the need to raise wages, and allow workers to unionize without retaliation. A …

NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez's Statement on 2015 State of the City Address

… We also support the commitments to higher minimum wages, and the creation of expanded transportation including … New York,' through the creation of good jobs, paying fair wages and benefits, with union protections. Income … if residents have the financial ability, through higher wages and salaries, to care for their families, pay rent or …