Retweeted Working America (@WorkingAmerica):Members of Congress Plan to Live on Minimum Wage for a Week http://t.co/bUZC1HZs2X #RaisetheWage

Members of Congress Plan to Live on Minimum Wage for a Week

(Ron Edmonds/AP Photo|Susan Walsh/AP Photo|Scott J. Ferrell/Getty Images) A trio of Democratic politicians are about to find out what it’s like to be poor. Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. and Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, announced today that they plan to “step into the shoes o…

#PEI should apply same changes made to #workers’ #pensions to deputy ministers’ pensions http://t.co/uyLoVKOw6V #iampolitical

PEI should apply same changes made to workers’ pensions to deputy ministers’ pensions | National…

PEI deputy ministers will no longer receive benefits for two pension years for every one year of work, but government wants to increase base pay by $50,000. Charlottetown (21 July 2014) — The President of the PEI Union of Public Sector Employees (PEIUPSE/NUPGE), Debbie Bovyer, says “the province sho…