May 6, 2014

College Adjuncts Union Scores Victory at Maryland Institute College of Art

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BALTIMORE—Part-time college faculty members at the historic Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) scored an impressive win on Tuesday when they voted overwhelmingly to bring a labor union on campus for the first time since MICA’s opening in 1826. In secret ballot voting supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the pro-union votes number 160, compared …

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Hawaii Set to Join the $10.10 Club

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Hawaii looks to become the third state to pass a $10.10 per hour minimum wage, following in the steps of Connecticut and Maryland. Legislators reached a deal on Friday on a bill that would phase in the higher wage by 2018. A final vote on the bill should come Tuesday, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) has expressed …

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VICTORY: Seattle Raises the City’s Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

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Amazing news out of Washington state today, as the city of Seattle announced that they are raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. There are currently 102,000 workers in Seattle earning less than $15 an hour. This wage increase will put hundreds of millions dollars into the pockets of working-class families that they will invest back …

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Former Top Woman at Anheuser-Busch Sues for Sex Discrimination

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A former Anheuser-Busch executive is suing the company for gender discrimination, and the company’s response is that she wasn’t worth as much as her male predecessor. Francine Katz, who was, as Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of communications and consumer affairs, its top female executive, discovered that while she was paid about $1 million a year in total, her …

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Fighting the Big Apple’s Big Inequality Problem

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New York City can sometimes feel like ground zero for the battle over inequality. Up until a few months ago, its mayor was one of the world’s richest men; it is home to Wall Street and movie stars, and it seems as though every oligarch from every country in the world has an apartment here. …

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College Adjuncts Union Scores Victory at Maryland Institute College of Art

Hawaii Set to Join the $10.10 Club

VICTORY: Seattle Raises the City’s Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

Former Top Woman at Anheuser-Busch Sues for Sex Discrimination

Fighting the Big Apple’s Big Inequality Problem

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