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Advancing Universal Representation: A Toolkit Module 2 - Building the Movement

The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) work together to expand the national movement for publicly funded...

05/1/2020 | Protecting Immigrant Communities

Amazon Endangers Workers, Delivers Contagion, Reaps the Profit

As the coronavirus pandemic rapidly accelerates, workers are sounding the alarm: Amazon's health and safety measures and benefits are wholly inadequate. They are failing to keep workers,...

04/16/2020 | Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

It's Time to Martin Act

The root cause of Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, as well as the banks and other key players that fueled and profited from it, have never received a proper legal examination. The NewYork State Attorney...

03/11/2020 | Organizing for a Just Recovery in Puerto Rico and Beyond

Half a Job: Why People Working Part-Time Deserve a Fair Workweek

Millions of Americans are Underemployed

02/27/2020 | Restoring a Fair Workweek

The Freedom to Stay: Philly is Our Home

Philadelphia is in the midst of a housing crisis that has devastating effects on low-income communities and communities of color.

02/15/2020 | Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive

Restoring a Fair Workweek: State Policies to Combat Abusive Scheduling Practices

Today a majority of working Americans – over 80 million people – clock into a job with an hourly wage.

01/15/2020 | Restoring a Fair Workweek

2018-2019 Year In Review

The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) is at the forefront of the national movement to challenge racism and inequality.

01/1/2020

Still Terrible at Two: The Trump Tax Act Delivered Big Benefits to the Rich and Corporations But Nearly None for Working Families

With the 2017 passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), President Trump claimed the tax overhaul would provide sizable tax cuts for working people, increase their wages, and boost business...

12/17/2019

Investing in Equity & Repairing Historic Wealth Stripping: Federal Policy Platform

Trump’s economic policies have been a disaster for working people and exacerbated economic inequality inour country, especially for families of color.

10/30/2019

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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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