The fight for fifteen : the right wage for a working America /

"The fight for a higher minimum wage has become the biggest national labor story in decades. Beginning in November 2012, strikes by fast food workers spread across the country, landing in Seattle in May 2013. Within a year, Seattle had adopted a $15 minimum wage--the highest in the United State...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rolf, David, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : The New Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Minimum wage > United States.
Working class > United States.
Labor > United States.
Labor unions > United States.
Labor laws and legislation > United States.
Salaires minimums > États-Unis.
Travailleurs > États-Unis.
Travail > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor
Labor laws and legislation
Labor unions
Minimum wage
Working class
Mindestlohn
Gewerkschaft
Wohlstand
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • America at 200: the American Dream versus the War on the Middle Class
  • The new work: fissured, flexible, insecure
  • It doesn't have to be this way: resistance, unrest, and innovation
  • The little city that could: winning a $15 wage in SeaTac
  • Fifteen for Seattle
  • An American wage for a stronger America: the case for $15
  • But won't the sky fall?
  • Toward a different future: $15 and beyond
  • Afterword: Something's happening.

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