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ICYMI: County Executive Chris Abele Lays Out Path to $15/Hour Minimum Wage

October 1, 2016

MILWAUKEE – Ahead of his 2017 budget proposal, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced a series of investments in Milwaukee’s future, to include a sustainable path towards a living … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chris Abele, Living Wage, Minimum Wage

Milwaukee Bucks Partnership for Living Wage is a “No Brainer”

May 21, 2016

By Dylan Deprey As construction begins and the walls of the Milwaukee Bucks’ new arena are being raised, so will the floor…the living wage floor, that is. The Milwaukee Bucks have partnered with … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alliance for Good Jobs, Dylan Deprey, Jeffery Greer, Living Wage, Milwaukee Bucks, Peter Feigin, Peter Rickman

The “Give America a Raise” bus tour comes to Milwaukee

April 5, 2014

Washington DC – Americans agree: No one who works should live in poverty. Yet that’s exactly what’s happening to workers around the country earning minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has stayed … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bus Tour, Give America A Raise, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Protests

Supervisor Bowen calls proposed bill an attack on “living wage”

February 15, 2014

Supervisor Bowen calls proposed bill an attack on “living wage”

Milwaukee County Supervisor David F. Bowen this week criticized a bill proposed by Rep. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, and Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, which would prohibit Milwaukee County from … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Assembly Bill 750, Chris Kapenga, David Bowen, Glenn Grothman, Living Wage, Living Wage Ordinance, Minimum Wage

Supervisor Bowen hopeful of veto-proof majority on living wage ordinance

December 21, 2013

Milwaukee County Supervisor David F. Bowen said this week he remained hopeful that his “living wage” ordinance would pass the full County Board with a veto-proof majority of 12 votes after the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chris Abele, David Bowen, Federal Poverty Line, FPL, Living Wage, Living Wage Ordinance

Supervisor David Bowen to propose living wage resolution aimed at getting full-time workers above the poverty line

September 14, 2013

Supervisor David Bowen will propose a new “Living Wage” ordinance to the Milwaukee County Board that will provide better incomes to Milwaukee County contract employees who currently make poverty … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: David Bowen, Living Wage, Living Wage Ordinance

Fed up with low wages, fast-food workers strike in 60 cities, Part 2

September 7, 2013

"The fast-food workers are fighting for all of us,” said Mary Kay Henry, president of SEIU. “SEIU members, like all service sector workers, are worse off when large fast-food and retail companies are … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fast Food, Living Wage, Low Wage Workers, SEIU, Strike

Nationwide movement for a living wage strikes Milwaukee

May 17, 2013

Fast food workers in Milwaukee walk off the job, call for wage increase, right to a union without retaliation Inspired by recent workplace actions in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit, … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: AFL-CIO, Fast Food, Living Wage, Low Wage Workers, Strike

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