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Tag: Fight for $15 campaign

Posted inJulianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: Toward a Living Wage

by WI Guest Author April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

It is unfathomable that the federal minimum wage has not been increased in more than a decade, since 2007. The wage, at $7.25 per hour, has remained flat through recession and recovery, through extremely high unemployment rates and much lower ones.

Posted inPolitics, William J. Ford

Maryland Gov. Hogan Offers Minimum Wage ‘Compromise’

by William J. Ford March 9, 2019October 31, 2020
Muriel Bowser
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Minimum Wage Increases on July 1

by WI Guest Author June 29, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBusiness

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Do You Support the Fight for $15?

by William Reed April 12, 2017October 30, 2020
Dante Bishop, an organizer with Maryland Working Families, speaks during a March 7 press conference inside the Lowe House Office Building in Annapolis requesting state lawmakers pass legislation to increase the minimum hourly wage to $15. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBusiness, Community

Md. Business Community Pushes Lawmakers on $15 Minimum Wage

by William J. Ford March 7, 2017October 30, 2020
**FILE** Congressional Black Caucus members G.K. Butterfield (left) and Charles Rangel (Courtesy photo)
Posted inFinancial Literacy

CBC Forum Discusses Economic Equality for Blacks

by William J. Ford October 7, 2015October 30, 2020

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