New research finds that “employees who have a white male advocate often end up with higher pay, and most of those employees are white men. Women—particularly black and Hispanic women, are the least likely to have such a lucrative connection.” Meritocracy!

The Fight for $15's latest win is in Connecticut—the state has passed a bill to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023. More than 30% of the U.S. workforce is now on a path to the $15 minimum wage. Fuck the federal government, anyhow!

Several workers in a Maryland Target store went on strike this week, citing abusive management. Target, like its peers, is a very committed union-buster, but they earned themselves a little strike anyhow. Ha ha.

The White House’s new Workforce Policy Advisory Board will include Ivanka Trump, 15 CEOs, and no workers. This is an accurate representation of the Republican Party’s concept of work.