Category: Class
“I regard it as absurd that the parliamentarian, a Senate staffer elected by no one, can prevent a wage increase for 32 million workers.”
“This is new, nothing like it before. Politicians always give great speeches at union conventions and avoid union organizing campaigns because of possibility of failure. But Biden broke this norm.”

The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial
We could house the hundreds if not thousands of Pittsburgh homeless overnight in Airbnbs, hotels and vacant houses

The House has voted to pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that includes an increase to the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour, which could now be stripped out in the final bill after the unelected Senate parliamentarian found it does not comply with budget rules
It’s time for a billionaire wealth tax

No need to be all apologetic about it, either, since we would just be reclaiming the trillions taken by the billionaires
In corporate media, it seems, the minority view that opposes a living wage can also be the “moderate” one—so long as it’s “pragmatically” courting business interests
New reports show that McDonald’s has spied on workers “for years” in their effort to combat the Fight for $15 movement that has been struggling for a living wage for nearly a decade
A new documentary exposes the need for a federal lifeline for child care providers and working mothers