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Arkansas Democrats proposing bill to increase teacher pay

Congress should lift the ceiling on workers’ pay immediately.

Vance brings up the raise act. i hadn't heard him mention that before. his three part plan for the border. he has been talking about since january. so it was interesting to hear that come back up. it was interesting to hear tim ryan talk about issue 1 that has to do with whether or not judges have to consider the amount of cash when they set bail. they can already think about public safety when they set terms. but they don't get to use public safety to determine the cash amount. so, that was interesting to hear him go with the opposite of what the democratic party in the state is backing. >> m...

Federal law caps the wages of over 8 million middle class workers. Union contracts set both a wage floor and a wage ceiling--unionized employers may not give productive workers pay raises outside the collectively bargained contract. Unions usually insist on seniority-based pay and rarely allow employers to reward hard-working individuals. No matter how hard most union members work, they cannot earn higher wages than specified by their contracts.

Nurses in four cities will rally this week to press for improved conditions and a new union contract to help with recruitment and retention.