AFL-CIO Sees Positive Movement on Wages

Working people last year won significant victories in efforts to improve wages and working conditions, reports the AFL-CIO in a new study that also points the way forward to create an economy that "serves all of us," including organizing new members as AFSCME has been doing. "From collective bargaining victories to organizing in new sectors of the economy and new regions to local legislative victories and executive action at the national level, 2015 was a year of working people rising," says the report, titled "Fighting for a Better Life: How Working People Across America are Organizing to Raise Wages and Improve Work." The report details successes by working people nationwide since the AFL-CIO's first-ever Raising Wages Summit in January 2015, including efforts to place the debate over income inequality squarely before the public and lawmakers. Since the summit, it reads, "income inequality has shifted from a problem we discuss to a problem we can solve." "One year ago, we made clear that raising wages for all working people was our number one priority," said AFL-CIO Pres. Richard Trumka. "In 2015 we came together in collective voice and action, and made significant progress." Despite a number of victories at the local, state...

By: AFSCME Blog Feed