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Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to reduce income inequality is echoed in Joe Biden's $15-an-hour minimum wage proposal

Martin Luther King Jr. s call to reduce income inequality is echoed in Joe Biden s $15-an-hour minimum wage proposal
Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Melinda Harmon was working at Fiserv Forum and was laid off. She is now at Family Dollar, working fewer hours. She is hoping for a $15 minimum wage so she doesn t fall further behind on rent and bills.
Melinda Harmon is 39 and has two boys at home, ages 14 and 20.
Before the pandemic struck, she was working at Fiserv Forum where, under a community benefits agreement between the local union and Forum management, she was on track to make $15 an hour, plus tips, as a bartender. ....

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Progressive Activist Organization Fires Unionizing Employees

Workers at Wisconsin Voices say they were fired to shut down unionization.
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Wisconsin Voices workers at a Fair Maps fundraiser earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Voices Workers.
When workers at Wisconsin Voices told the progressive organizing and fundraising group that they had formed a staff union, they hoped the group’s leaders would accept their choice.
Wisconsin Voices has for years partnered with dozens of like-minded grass-roots activist groups involved in voter registration, racial justice, climate change and other issues. Many of its partner organizations have close ties with organized labor, and some have collective bargaining agreements with their own employees. ....

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