Facing Pay as Low as $8.50/Hour, Workers Who Make Auto Parts for Ford, GM, Toyota and Mercedes Vow to Do Whatever It Takes to Win Fair Pay, Good Jobs to Lift Local Economy

Dayton, Ohio – Auto parts workers at the Creative Foam plant in Dayton, who are paid as little as $8.50/hour, announced on Thursday that they are seeking to join the UAW in an effort to win higher wages and improve working conditions.

It's still a year away, but in July of 2017 Chicago workers will get guaranteed paid sick leave. The Chicago City Council voted to approve the paid sick leave. Workers will be able to get up to five days of paid sick leave per year. Forty-two percent of Chicago workers have no paid sick days, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Read More...

Due to your efforts, the Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved Build Better LA for this November’s ballot. Thousands of Angelenos – renters, workers, transit riders, business owners – will have the chance to vote for housing that they can afford and good, local jobs.

Uber data suggests that drivers overall in three major U.S. markets — Denver, Detroit, and Houston — earned less than $13.25 an hour after expenses in late 2015, according to calculations based on more than a million trips.