Texas' minimum wage should be raised to $9.25 per hour because most Texas natives cannot live off of $7.25 per hour. With this raise, our economy would prosper and income inequality would be reduced. This raise can majorly impact all of our lives for the better.

I expect transparency regarding something as far reaching as this trade agreement. For this reason, I believe that it should have a full hearing in Congress. Fast Tracking it will not allow this to happen and will effectively let it pass without the public, or even the Congress, to have access to the full text of the trade agreement.

With just DAYS LEFT, the restaurant lobby just launched a major push to KILL the $15 an hour movement. $15 is winnable -- but only if we speak up before Monday, June 15. That’s the day the wage board formed to decide whether to raise fast-food pay in New York is holding a big hearing in New York City. If New York raises fast-food pay to $15, it will boost paychecks for 180,000 New Yorkers -- most adults, many supporting families. They deserve to be able to pay their rent and feed their families. And this action would trigger a wave of raises for low-wage workers across the country. If minimum wage had simply kept pace with worker productivity since 1968, it would be well over $15 today. Instead, CEOs have gotten richer and richer, while the working class struggles to get by. Tell the wage board: It’s time for $15.

With just DAYS LEFT, the restaurant lobby just launched a major push to KILL the $15 an hour movement. Right now, your message to the New York wage board to raise wages for fast-food workers to $15 an hour is more important than EVER. The restaurant lobby is fighting tooth-and-nail to kill or weaken the wage board’s decision – we need to show them that New York NEEDS $15 today. We need every signature in by the big hearing in New York City on Monday, June 15. Time is running out – sign now.

The State Legislature has opted to not honor state employee contracts resulting in layoff notices to some 10,000 employees. The Legislature is citing a budget deficit of $3 billion dollars, but that isn't the real reason. Alaska has a rainy day fund of over $10 billion to deal with budget shortfalls like this. These layoffs mean state government departments would curtail or eliminate vital services should the Alaska Legislature's budget impasse continue resulting in a partial government shutdown occur on July 1. Here are just a few services that will be affected: Department of Transportation: A dozen state airports would operate at reduced hours. Department of Administration: Oversight of elected officials and lobbyists would stop; labor contract bargaining would cease; and hundreds of state leases will not be paid in full. Department of Military and Veteran Affairs: All Office of Veterans Affairs staff members would be laid off. All Alaska Military Youth Academy staffers would be laid off after August. Only three staff members would stay on at the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development: service reductions and cuts would impact rural utility assistance. Department of Education: State general funds for early learning will be reduced by $5.7 million, potentially closing Head Start programs. Department of Labor: All staff members would be laid off at the Alaska Labor Relations Agency, Wage and Hour Administration, and the Alaska Workforce Investment Board.

The Michigan State House just passed House Bill 4052, which would take power away from communities in order to protect corporate profits. Now it's coming up for a vote in the State Senate. Special interests shouldn’t be allowed to overturn decisions they don’t like made by local governments, but now they’re trying to prevent local laws that reflect our values, like making our workplaces healthier and requiring community benefit agreements when taxpayer resources are used in development projects. Tell your senator, committee members, and sponsor Rep. Poleski to protect local progress today.

The biggest victory yet in the Fight for $15 hangs in the balance right where it started: in New York. A wage board is holding hearings across the state to consider raising wages for fast-food workers. But Gov. Cuomo makes the final decision. He says he wants to fight for working families. Will he prove it and raise wages to $15/hr? Or will he give in to restaurant industry pressure and set the minimum wage much lower? Add your name below and tell Gov. Cuomo: fast-food workers need $15!

People think that airport workers have a good job. But in reality, airport work means low pay, poor treatment and fear of speaking out. Service workers at Philadelphia Airport don’t get treated with the dignity and respect everyone deserves. I know, because I worked there. I was recently fired from my job as a bag handler by PrimeFlight Aviation Services after I publically spoke out for better working conditions. The Philadelphia City Council and the Mayor has the power to make sure big airlines employ responsible contractors that treat workers right and serve passengers well. And there’s a vote coming up this Thursday that can fix this. Please join me in calling on the Philadelphia City Council to vote yes on a bill that will make conditions at the city’s airport safer for workers, end the culture of fear and intimidation and give workers a voice on the job. A vote YES on Responsible Permitting is a vote YES for airport workers like me.

I have wanted to start a business for some time, my friends have tried to save the money to buy a car or a house. It's been nearly impossible to save for retirement, paying down student debt. Sometimes, it feels like it will never get better. It feels like you can just never catch up. Massachusetts needs a raise.

Idaho was recently ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau as the third worst state for working women in terms of the gender pay gap and gender poverty rate. We need to better enforce Idaho labor laws so that women, and in turn their families, receive fair compensation for their work.

If minimum wage had simply kept pace with worker productivity since 1968, it would be over $15 today. Instead, CEOs have gotten richer and richer, while the working class struggles to get by. $15 is winnable -- but only if we speak up. A special wage board will decide by the end of June the new rate for fast-food pay in New York. If New York raises fast-food pay to $15, it will boost paychecks for 180,000 New Yorkers -- most adults, many supporting families. They deserve to be able to pay their rent and feed their families. And this action would trigger a wave of raises for low-wage workers across the country. Tell the wage board: It’s time for $15.

Americans who work full time should not have to rely on the government for food stamps and housing assistance. And taxpayers should not have to subsidize bottom-basement wages. But that’s exactly what’s happening with our absurdly low $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage. Momentum is building for the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $12, index it to keep pace with the median wage, and phase out the subminimum “tipped” wage. States and cities across the country have proven that raising the minimum wage doesn’t lead to job losses. In fact, it does just the opposite. It breathes new life into the local economy as workers have more money to spend at local stores and on local services. That creates jobs and economic activity. It’s simply wrong that millions of American are working full time yet still live below the poverty line. It’s bad for the country and it’s bad for the economy. But we can do something about it!