Living on $600/wk for a while and then going back to $7.25 sucks: Pandemic Crisis and Recession Can Spark a Fight for Real Change in the US

By Dave Lindorff

American workers have a huge opportunity as a result of this coronavirus pandemic — an opportunity to massively expand union membership in the workplace, and a chance, after decades of being ignored by Congress, to finally win a desperately needed increase in the federal minimum wage from it’s current $7.25 per hour to at least $15 per hour.

Republicans in Congress, notably Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), are unhappy with the supplemental read more