Releases and Advisories
09.21.2016
Ady Barkan, director of the Fed Up campaign, made the following statement following the Federal Reserve's decision not to raise interest rates today:
"We applaud the Federal Reserve for rejecting pressure from the financial sector to raise interest rates. The census data...
09.19.2016
In a historic vote, the Seattle City Council today passed the country’s second comprehensive fair workweek law, giving tens of thousands in the city more input into...
09.15.2016
Shawn Sebastian, Field Director of the Fed Up Campaign released the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s speech on his economic plan and his comments on the Federal Reserve at the Economic Club of New York Thursday morning.
“A real economic plan requires an...
09.15.2016
NEW YORK - Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced support for the introduction of “Fair Workweek” legislation to ensure 65,000 hourly employees in the fast food industry receive fair notification on their work hours. The move comes shortly before an expected vote Monday to pass...
09.13.2016
Shawn Sebastian, Field Director of the Fed Up Campaign, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the President of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, Dennis Lockhart, would be retiring in February.
“...
08.26.2016
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming – In an unprecedented on-the-record conversation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that became at times contentious, ten of the Federal...
08.10.2016
NEW YORK – Yesterday, the Fed Up coalition filed a formal complaint alleging that they have been unfairly evicted from the site of one of the...
08.04.2016
Yesterday, in a wide-ranging on-the-record conversation with community members, including people struggling to survive on poverty wages, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari articulated a strong commitment to promoting racial and economic...
07.27.2016
NEW YORK – After months of saying wages were "too high", Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has come out in favor of raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour. He made the comments to Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.
JoEllen Chernow, who leads the...
07.22.2016
NEW YORK - The Fed Up campaign cheered the inclusion of reforms to the Federal Reserve in the Democratic Party platform that they have championed since the coalition was launched in 2014.
The ...
