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Connecticut has moved ahead of Massachusetts on direct-care worker wages

September 18, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) It apparently took the threat of a major strike, but the Connecticut Legislature passed a bill and the Connecticut governor signed it earlier this year to raise the minimum wage of direct-care … [Read more...]

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Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

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What’s the Matter with Massachusetts? (thoughts on Beacon Hill, the minimum wage and the grassroots)

March 14, 2014 By harmonywho

Updates, 3/27/2014: To no one's surprise, the House legislation is missing key provisions -- no indexing and too low of an increase for tipped workers. Now the push comes to the Amendments, and the hardball is, apparently, around the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, grassroots, minimum-wage, Raise Up MA

Minimum Wage and the Achievement Gap

December 9, 2013 By pat-jehlen

  Raise the Minimum Wage, Reduce the Achievement Gap by Senator Pat Jehlen Last month, the Senate voted to restore the minimum wage to its 1968 value, raising it to $11.  (This newsletter is a version of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, minimum-wage

Progressive movement in the Legislature this Fall

November 26, 2013 By Jamie Eldridge

With the Legislature ending its formal session for the year last week, it’s exciting to see the progressive victories that have happened over the past few months, and the momentum that is building in large part due to the work of liberal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: minimum-wage, progressives, welfare reform

Working Families Can’t Afford to Wait Any Longer

November 25, 2013 By marthacoakley

Today, I met with a group of men and women who work out at the airport. They clean the planes, serve as wheelchair attendants – do many of the jobs that we often take for granted. But despite their hard work and long hours, many of them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: economy, governor, massachusetts, minimum-wage

How the Fast Food Industry’s Low Wages Cost Massachusetts $173 Million a Year

October 16, 2013 By massuniting

People who work hard everyday shouldn’t have to depend on food stamps to get by. Yet for many who work at fast-food companies nationwide, it is a way of life. This week, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley released a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Fast Food, minimum-wage

Low-wage Workers Share Their Stories with US Labor Secretary in Boston

March 5, 2013 By massuniting

When major economic policies like the minimum wage are debated in Washington, the conversation tends to get bogged down in complex numbers and political jargon. Unfortunately, what gets lost in the process are the personal stories -- the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: minimum-wage

Happy 100th Birthday to the Minimum Wage! And Many Happy Returns.

June 4, 2012 By geraldfriedman

In a quiet ceremony on June 4, 1912, Governor Eugene Foss signed the nation's first statute for a minimum wage, "An Act Establishing the Minimum Wage Commission for the Determination of Minimum Wages for Women and Minors." While it may seem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: minimum-wage, work, workers

The value of Wal-Mart in America today. Just sayin’.

October 18, 2007 By mbair

First, by way of thanks. I would like to thank everyone on the Newbury Democratic Town Committee for organizing and then actually pulling off a stellar and important event like this right in my own backyard. I was even let in, as a member … [Read more...]

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