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… showing no real progress on a core promise: to raise the wages of America’s “forgotten man and woman.” Once the … hourly earnings are lower than they were a year ago. Real wages have remained mostly stagnant despite an expanding … administration claimed its policies would immediately boost wages, with its tax overhaul ultimately increasing average …

… in 2017, a 17.6 percent increase over 2016. Workers’ wages are not even keeping up with the cost of inflation. … of the Trump Administration corporate tax cuts to boost wages. The negotiating power of working people—achieved by …

… enough. But it's even more startling when those lost wages are added up. Overall, it amounts to $10,000 in lost wages a year, says Debra Ness, president of the National …

… to march with the city’s striking black sanitation workers. Wages were bad, and conditions were so unsafe that workers … do better; city officials refused to act to improve their wages or safety. So they took matters into their own hands …

… workers into a schedule that can only provide poverty level wages with no ability to work a needed second job is …

… which management pushed back on even though ensuring fair wages will help nursing homes recruit and retain qualified …