Unpaid NY workers' claims languish amid case backlog, advocates say
Unpaid NY workers' claims languish amid case backlog, advocates say
Between 2013 and 2015, the DOL helped workers collect an average of $27 million annually in mandated pay, such as the full minimum hourly wage, overtime compensation and tips, according to a...
Between 2013 and 2015, the DOL helped workers collect an average of $27 million annually in mandated pay, such as the full minimum hourly wage, overtime compensation and tips, according to a report authored by the workers' rights groups, Make the Road New York and the Center for Popular Democracy.
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Immigration Advocates Are Asking Companies Not To Hire Former Trump Officials
Immigration Advocates Are Asking Companies Not To Hire Former Trump Officials
The groups also took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times reading, "Attention corporate America: don't let hate into your boardroom." The effort is being organized by Restore Public...
The groups also took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times reading, "Attention corporate America: don't let hate into your boardroom." The effort is being organized by Restore Public Trust, together with some 40 groups that have signed on. Among them are the National Immigration Law Center, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
Those kinds of loans “diverge” from federal and industry standards, according to a report by the Center for Popular Democracy and the ACCE Institute. Because they don’t offer real relief, “...
Those kinds of loans “diverge” from federal and industry standards, according to a report by the Center for Popular Democracy and the ACCE Institute. Because they don’t offer real relief, “modifications from Caliber are less likely to preserve homeownership than loan modifications from many of the other large servicers in the country who follow better standards,” according to the report.
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Elected officials rally against 'discriminatory' bills at Texas Capitol
Elected officials rally against 'discriminatory' bills at Texas Capitol
About a dozen city and county elected officials, including Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, were at the Capitol Thursday to talk with lawmakers and voice their opposition to several bills....
About a dozen city and county elected officials, including Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, were at the Capitol Thursday to talk with lawmakers and voice their opposition to several bills. They want to make sure Senate Bill 15 (SB15), by Conroe Republican Senator Brandon Creighton, doesn't pass. It would ban cities and counties from passing ordinances related to employee benefits and employment policies. That includes paid sick leave policies, LGBTQ protections and banning the box, which is taking questions about criminal history off initial job applications.
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Rally at capitol held to protest bills that would give the state power over cities
Rally at capitol held to protest bills that would give the state power over cities
City council members said they've worked hard to pass paid sick leave and anti-discrimination ordinances. They call the bills an attack on their work.
...
City council members said they've worked hard to pass paid sick leave and anti-discrimination ordinances. They call the bills an attack on their work.
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Congressional Disorientation
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating that they might capture the new members’ attention. Hoping to amplify their...
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating that they might capture the new members’ attention. Hoping to amplify their message through the most visible members of the progressive movement, they invited Ayanna S. Pressley (D-Mass.) to co-sponsor their Medicare-for-All rally.
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Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.
Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate agenda through national organizing networks like the Center for Popular Democracy...
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate agenda through national organizing networks like the Center for Popular Democracy and People’s Action. Community organizing groups are also strategizing about state power-building through new informal venues that cross network lines like the State Power Caucus.
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A push to cancel Puerto Rico debt
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups Alianza por Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Me Llama, Vamos4PR, the Center for...
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups Alianza por Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Me Llama, Vamos4PR, the Center for Popular Democracy and Hedge Clippers, want the judge to dismiss $6 billion of the debt that the territory’s Fiscal Control Board declared illegal, as the debt violates the Puerto Rican Constitution.
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Why Couldn’t New York Get a More Progressive Budget?
Why Couldn’t New York Get a More Progressive Budget?
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York, even by the standards of other states. Public financing could, according to...
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York, even by the standards of other states. Public financing could, according to the Brennan Center and other progressive groups like the Center for Popular Democracy, increase the power of small donors and make lawmakers more accountable to their constituents.
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Crossroads School Equity & Justice Institute to Host Helen Gym Member of Philadelphia City Council will speak about the power of local activism as part of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Equity & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series
Crossroads School Equity & Justice Institute to Host Helen Gym Member of Philadelphia City Council will speak about the power of local activism as part of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Equity & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series
Gym, the first Asian-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, is also the national vice chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive elected officials from local...
Gym, the first Asian-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, is also the national vice chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive elected officials from local governments across the country. Local Progress is committed to “a vision of shared economic prosperity, equal justice under law, livable and sustainable communities and good government that serves the public interest.
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