VICTORY: President Obama raises wages for federal contractors to $10.10/hr

After more than 65,000 CREDO members signed a petition and helped put pressure on President Obama to address the hardships faced by millions of federal contractors nationwide, President Obama announced on Jan. 28 that he would be signing …

VICTORY: Maryland raises the minimum wage

At just $7.25 an hour, Maryland’s minimum wage left a family of three stuck below the poverty line. Like workers being paid the minimum wage in the other 49 states, Maryland workers couldn’t even afford to pay for …