By Eric Leveridge, Clean Slate for the Future of Labor Law Fellow In the face of stagnant wages and skyrocketing costs of living, working families need new, overarching solutions — because band-aids won’t solve generations worth of systematic inequality. That’s why, through the coming together of over 70 leading scholars,… Read More»
As we stand with Walmart associates, restaurant staff and home care workers in their efforts for better job standards, we occasionally receive this dismissive response: “No one is forcing them to stay at their job. They should just quit and find another one!” But can these workers actually just quit… Read More»
As corporate profits continue to soar, workers’ wages continue to stagnate, creating the widest income inequality gap our country has seen in modern times. So it comes as no surprise that 80 percent of Americans support proposals to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. It should also come as no… Read More»