In midst of 'Prime Day,' Amazon workers in Shakopee to strike
In midst of 'Prime Day,' Amazon workers in Shakopee to strike
“Amazon responded to the planned strikes by saying it is already offering what the workers are demanding. "It's time for change", says Ana María Archila, co-executive director of the Center for...
“Amazon responded to the planned strikes by saying it is already offering what the workers are demanding. "It's time for change", says Ana María Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, a grassroots organizing network that's supporting the protests.”
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Trump’s packed Supreme Court backs ‘forced arbitration’ that bars workers from taking abusive bosses to court
Trump’s packed Supreme Court backs ‘forced arbitration’ that bars workers from taking abusive bosses to court
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy says that by 2024, more than 80% of non-union private-sector workers will find courthouse doors chained shut by...
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy says that by 2024, more than 80% of non-union private-sector workers will find courthouse doors chained shut by forced arbitration clauses that ban lawsuits and collective actions. (EPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to press the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions.)
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Puerto Rico will not back down
"This is something that has never been seen," Julio E. López Varona, a member of Construamos Otro Acuerdo, told AL DÍA. "We had never seen a time when the entire town was summoned against a...
"This is something that has never been seen," Julio E. López Varona, a member of Construamos Otro Acuerdo, told AL DÍA. "We had never seen a time when the entire town was summoned against a governor who represents perhaps the worst we've seen, not only in the administration but in the way people are talked about."
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Connect The Dots – Denying Sanctuary
Connect The Dots – Denying Sanctuary
Listen to Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy and a national voice for immigrant...
Listen to Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy and a national voice for immigrant justice, women’s rights and the urgency of a people-centered democracy discussing the devolution of the U.S historic welcome to immigrants, the shocking reality that the U.S. Is incarcerating and mistreating children, the politic dynamic around that, and where we go from here— in conversation with Alison Rose Levy.
French Bank Fifth to Pull Out of the Private Prison Industry
French Bank Fifth to Pull Out of the Private Prison Industry
Yet, as revealed by this data brief by In the Public Interest, Public Accountability Initiative, and the Center for Popular Democracy, the Group's US subsidiary led a syndicate that granted two...
Yet, as revealed by this data brief by In the Public Interest, Public Accountability Initiative, and the Center for Popular Democracy, the Group's US subsidiary led a syndicate that granted two lines of credit to the American private prison company GEO Group for $1.7 billion in 2017, and held 853,000 shares of the company in the first quarter.
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Fifth Third slams the door on financing private prison companies
Fifth Third slams the door on financing private prison companies
Fifth Third had $40 million in outstanding balances on term loans and revolving credit lines with Nashville, Tenn.-based CoreCivic, one of the two largest private prison operators, as of year-end...
Fifth Third had $40 million in outstanding balances on term loans and revolving credit lines with Nashville, Tenn.-based CoreCivic, one of the two largest private prison operators, as of year-end, according to a report produced by the Center for Popular Democracy, In the Public Interest and the Public Accountability Initiative. CoreCivic has a total of $400 million in outstanding balances with big banks.
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Anti-ICE Activists Target PNC Bank for Funding Private Detention Centers
Anti-ICE Activists Target PNC Bank for Funding Private Detention Centers
According to The Center for Popular Democracy, a non-profit that promotes community organizing around immigrants and other marginalized or working class groups, PNC is one of CoreCivic's leading...
According to The Center for Popular Democracy, a non-profit that promotes community organizing around immigrants and other marginalized or working class groups, PNC is one of CoreCivic's leading financiers, financing the company with $112 million in revolving credit and $28 million in loans.
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PT protests child detentions
Port Townsend’s protest was organized by the Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates. The international movement was sponsored by the Women’s March, the Center for Popular Democracy and the...
Port Townsend’s protest was organized by the Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates. The international movement was sponsored by the Women’s March, the Center for Popular Democracy and the American Federation of Teachers, among other organizations, according to its website.
Lights for Liberty: Thousands protest Trump immigration policies in Chicago
Lights for Liberty: Thousands protest Trump immigration policies in Chicago
A sign with "#EndFamilyDetention" is held high during a protest with Washington area national and local organizations including CASA, Center for Popular Democracy, Faith in Action, and the Capital...
A sign with "#EndFamilyDetention" is held high during a protest with Washington area national and local organizations including CASA, Center for Popular Democracy, Faith in Action, and the Capital Area District 32BJ SEIU in Lafayette Square Park, in Washington on the immigration policies of the Trump administration.
Trump Continues Attack on Immigrant Communities and the Census
07.11.2019
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Trump administration announced that it...
07.11.2019
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Trump administration announced that it will issue an executive order requiring government agencies to compile and send records on citizens and noncitizens to the Department of Commerce, as the administration dropped its effort to add a citizenship question directly to the 2020 census questionnaire. Concurrently, homeland security officials confirmed that beginning Sunday, it would hold raids nationwide to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families. In response to this series of attacks on the livelihoods and political power of immigrant communities, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement from Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director.
“The Trump Administration continues to escalate its attacks on immigrant communities on all fronts. Today, Trump announced that even without a citizenship question on the census, his administration is charging forward with an executive order to track noncitizen data and manipulate the census.
“This is another attempt by this Administration to erase the voices of immigrants in our democracy and instill fear in our communities. Trump’s immigration policies continue to advance a radical white nationalist vision for the country that uses the tactic of constantly scapegoating immigrants in order to exclude us from our society, our democracy and our economy.
“The President is attempting to scare our communities out of participating in the census. The president believes that he can bully us into the shadows. We will not be afraid. We will work to make sure immigrant communities are protected, represented and treated with dignity.”
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