Category Archives: Press

By Eliana Johnson In a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last week on “indexing the minimum wage,” Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren inquired of University of Massachusetts professor economics Arindrajit Dube, “If we started in 1960, and we said that, as productivity goes up — that is, as workers are […]

Over the past year, thousands of low-wage New York City workers, employees of car washes, fast-food restaurants and other industries, have mobilized to demand decent pay and dignity in the workplace. These courageous citizens deserve lawmakers who are bold and willing to fight alongside them. And they deserve the immediate increase in New York State’s […]

By John R. Burbank It’s no surprise that President Obama continues to make missteps on economic policy — such as returning again and again to the “Grand Bargain”, more apt to result in a “Grand Take-Away”. It’s no surprise because of the people he has surrounded himself with to discuss and design economic policy. Take […]

By Jason Siedzik One of Connecticut’s most prolific consumer advocates is taking to the streets to help bring attention to the country’s growing income inequality. Ralph Nader, a Winsted native and former Presidential candidate, began a campaign to demand an increase in the minimum wage at Walmart on Saturday morning, helping lead a group to […]

Tomorrow (Saturday 3/9) Ralph Nader and colleagues will be engaged in informational picketing in front of the Walmart stores in Torrington, Waterbury and Avon, Connecticut. The picketing will focus on the issue of raising the minimum wage of Walmart workers from current levels to $10.50 per hour (based on an inflation-adjusted comparison from the 1968 minimum wage). The picketing will […]

By Lydia Saad Seven in 10 Americans say they would vote “for” raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour if given the opportunity, while 27% would vote against such a bill. The proposal, made by President Barack Obama in his 2013 State of the Union speech, is backed by over 90% of Democrats and […]