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A Call to Action From NMAC & Housing Works

A Call to Action From NMAC & Housing Works

People in the movement might be surprised by a joint letter from Charles King of Housing Works and me, but these are not ordinary times. NMAC is writing this letter to invite constituents at this...

POZ Magazine | Civic Engagement

Starbucks Hasn’t Met Employee Promises, Report Says

Starbucks employees still endure irregular hours, insufficient rest and difficulties taking sick days, according to a new ...

Restoring a Fair Workweek

The Fed should not raise interest rates until wages go up

Shawn Sebastian, Fed Up Campaign co-director, and Marshall Steinbaum, Roosevelt Institute research director, discuss agreeing with Trump about the Fed raising interest rates and why wages haven't...

CNBC | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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Pittsburgh police tightening security for march after Dallas

Pittsburgh police tightening security for march after Dallas

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh police say they're using uniformed and plainclothes officers and "extreme caution" to safeguard police and the public at an activists march on Friday.

The march...

Associated Press

Forum Held On Report That Calls For Minimum Wage Raise To $10 An Hour

NY1 - A forum was held Wednesday at the CUNY Murphy Institute on a new report by United New York and the Center for...

Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

Trump Picks Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell To Lead The Central Bank

“It’s relieving that Trump chose someone that represents continuity from the current Fed,” said Jordan Haedtler, manager of the Fed Up campaign, a coalition of groups that advocates for...

The Huffington Post | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

The Retail Industry is Marginalizing Women and People of Color. This Has to Change.

Source: In These Times

The National Retail Federation is fond of pointing out that “...

In These Times | Restoring a Fair Workweek
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More states adopt tough paid sick-leave laws

More states adopt tough paid sick-leave laws

PHOENIX — A new paid sick-leave law took effect Saturday in Arizona, which joins a cluster of other states in continuing momentum on an issue that has seen broadening political support.

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USA Today

Puerto Rico Is Not Ready for 2018 Hurricane Season, Advocates and Members of Congress Warn

Power 4 Puerto Rico is described as a coalition seeking to push Congress to “put Puerto Rico’s economy on the road to future growth and prosperity.” The Tuesday call was led by former New York...

NPR Latino USA | Civic Engagement

Do Black Lives Matter to the Federal Reserve?

O’Neal is one of dozens of activists and policy experts traveling to Jackson Hole this week to urge the Fed against raising rates. The campaign, called Fed Up, includes some two-dozen unions,...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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