This session will highlight the central importance of raising wages to fix what is wrong with the U.S. economy, and will focus on the indispensable role of the labor movement in raising wages and labor standards for everyone who works in America. The session will highlight successful campaigns to raise wages and labor standards—including campaigns to organize workers, provide for a living wage, raise the minimum wage for tipped and non-tipped workers and provide for paid sick days. Attendees will learn about tactics and strategies around communications, social media, popular mobilization and community partnerships that were especially successful in these campaigns. Audience members from affiliates, departments and community partners then will discuss their past work in raising wages and living standards in an interactive discussion, and will identify their priorities in a broad campaign to raise wages. The session will conclude with planning next steps for the Raising Wages Campaign.