After a unanimous vote of the City Council, Portland joined a growing number of local governments that are "banning the box" and making sure that workers with past arrest and conviction histories have the opportunity to find work. The new cod...
It's been a year of huge momentum in the efforts to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. Workers across the country have been joining together to say that the minimum wage isn't enough and that all workers deserve a chance to earn enough money to s...
Every Sunday, we'll be bringing you a roundup of the important news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here's this week's Working People Weekly List.
Many are convinced that the November Employment Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was positive enough to finally give the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) the room to raise interest rates. The report extended the record strai...
