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Toys 'R' Us and the Death of Retail

Toys 'R' Us and the Death of Retail

When Debbie Beard found out the company she'd worked at for 29 years, Toys R Us, was closing down, she was shocked--she knew the company had been having financial difficulties for a while, but...

The Progressive | Restoring a Fair Workweek

How Homeowners Made May a Month You Won't Forget

The Huffington Post - May 21, 2013, by Tracy Van Slyke - On Monday, dozens of homeowners and community leaders were arrested outside the Department of Justice in protest of Attorney General Eric...

Holding Wall Street Accountable

Jackson Hole Summit To Provide Forum For Policymakers Amid Market Turmoil

Also getting under way at the lodge is a protest conference organized by the Center for Popular Democracy, a liberal group that has been cajoling the Fed to hold off on raising...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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How the Labor Movement is Thinking Ahead to a Post-Trump World

How the Labor Movement is Thinking Ahead to a Post-Trump World

The American labor movement, over the past four decades, has had two golden opportunities to shift the balance of power between workers and bosses — first in 1978, with unified Democratic control...

The Intercept | Restoring a Fair Workweek

In replacing Dudley, NY Fed aims to avoid political pitfalls

Unions and groups advocating for retirees, teachers, housing, and workers' benefits are among those visiting the ornate conference rooms of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lobby for a less...

CNBC | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Neoliberals Are Taking All the Wrong Lessons From Conor Lamb’s Victory

“The recent CPC Strategy Summit in Baltimore was brimming with such ideas, which are enjoying new traction thanks to shifting political winds. Though there’s no consensus as of yet as to what a...

In These Times | Civic Engagement
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Hillary Clinton Embraces Progressive Federal Reserve Reforms

Hillary Clinton Embraces Progressive Federal Reserve Reforms

Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton came out in favor of changes to the Federal Reserve that would reduce the number of bankers in key central bank positions on Thursday, marking a major coup for...

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

Why Labor and the Movement for Racial Justice Should Work Together

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) has made tremendous strides in exposing and challenging racial injustice, and has won real policy victories. The policies, while often imperfect, are a...

In These Times | Holding Wall Street Accountable
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Pro-Yellen Ad Hits the Air

Pro-Yellen Ad Hits the Air

The Wall Street Journal’s Michael Derby reports. “The Center for Popular Democracy’s Fed Up campaign broadcast a 30-second TV spot urging Mr. Trump to offer Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen a second...

Politico | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Fed Makes Right Decision Not to Raise Rates

1/27/2016


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: Ady Barkan, Campaign Director for Fed Up, released the following statement regarding...

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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