It’s Time to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage
Makai McClintock advocates reducing inequality by raising the minimum wage.
View ArticleUMass Poll analyzes Gun Control, Minimum Wage, and Immigration.
A recent UMass Poll analyzes American thoughts on gun control, immigration, the federal minimum wage, and the effectiveness of government officials.
View ArticleMassachusetts Senate votes to raise minimum wage
The Massachusetts Senate voted to raise the state’s minimum wage recently.
View ArticleGinsberg’s “America” today
Maral Margossian compares messages from a Beat poet icon to today’s version of our country.
View ArticleFast Food strike symbolic of laziness, lack of accountability
Columnist Steve Gillard explains why fast food workers’ demands for higher wages is symbolic of a breakdown of accountability amongst Americans
View ArticleFast food workers need more than $7.25 to sustain basic living
Samuel Fountain argues that raising the federal minimum wage is necessary in order for fast food workers to sustain a basic living.
View ArticleAppreciating campus workers
Aaron Weiss describes the difficulties faced by campus minimum wage workers and why we should be more grateful.
View ArticleStephanie Luce discusses the increase of low-wage work worldwide
The scholar delivered a lecture Monday night on the impact of the globalized economy on minimum wage workers.
View ArticleStruggle for workers’ rights slowly bear fruit as Walmart raises minimum wage
Rebecca Kanter praises the efforts of labor activists and explains how Walmart’s decision to raise its employees’ minimum wage is a result of these efforts.
View ArticleMillion Student March to be held Thursday
The event, which organizers hope will spur future student activism, will demand liquidation of student debt, $15 minimum wage and tuition-free higher education.
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Million Student March
Students participated in the national Student Million March on Thursday.
View ArticleThe fight for comfortable living
Karly Dunn believes the minimum wage can be raised to provide workers with a comfortable living standard.
View ArticleMinimum wage leads to maximum experience
Though minimum wage should not be considered a proper living wage, one can gain a lot from the experience.
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Fast Food strike symbolic of laziness, lack of accountability
(Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/MCT) In recent months, protests staged by fast food workers across the country have gained national attention. Fast food workers claim minimum wage — as low as $7.25 an...
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Fast food workers need more than $7.25 to sustain basic living
(Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/MCT) Waves of protests by fast food workers have infiltrated the country in the past few weeks. Demands such as raising minimum wages to $15, increasing the ability to...
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Appreciating campus workers
(Courtesy of the AFGE/Flickr) Worker Appreciation Day was October 20, and the Student Labor Action Project hosted a brunch to show gratitude to the many workers of the University of Massachusetts. We’d...
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Stephanie Luce discusses the increase of low-wage work worldwide
(Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian) Stephanie Luce, a sociologist and labor studies scholar, discussed the causes and prevalence of low-wage employment in the increasingly globalized economy to a modest...
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Struggle for workers’ rights slowly bear fruit as Walmart raises minimum wage
(Mike Mozart/Flickr) Last Thursday, Walmart announced it would increase the wages of 500,000 of its employees to a minimum of $9 an hour beginning this April, and $10 an hour by Feb.1, 2016. The...
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Million Student March to be held Thursday
(Robert Rigo/Daily Collegian) As the clock neared 6 p.m. Friday, Filipe Carvalho, a senior majoring in economics and finance, sprawled across the floor of Center for Educational Policy and Advocacy’s...
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