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Interviews for Resistance: New Progressive Coalition Calls for “Millions of Jobs”

A coalition of unions and other progressive organizations is pushing lawmakers on a jobs and infrastructure bill that would put millions of people to work.

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In These Times | Civic Engagement

States May Copy California’s Law to Give Employees Right to File Class Actions

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether employees have the right to bring class actions against their bosses. With the court’s Republican majority restored this year by President...

Insurance Journal | Restoring a Fair Workweek
[created] | Published by: The New Republic

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Challenger Has a Chance

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Challenger Has a Chance

During the presidential primary, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has managed the impressive feat of angering virtually every liberal in America. Bernie Sanders ...

The New Republic | Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy

City Council Votes to Create Municipal ID Cards

NY Daily News - June 26, 2014, by Erin Durkin - The City Council voted to create municipal ID cards Thursday, giving the city’s half a million undocumented immigrants a way to prove their identity...

[created] | Published by: Progress Illinois

Illinois African-American Jobless Rate Among The Nation's Highest

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Illinois African-American Jobless Rate Among The Nation's Highest

The African-American unemployment rate in Illinois is improving, but it is still one of the highest in the nation, shows a ...

Progress Illinois | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
[created] | Published by: Rochester Business Journal

Jill Cicero and Elizabeth Nicolas: Women in the legal profession

Jill Cicero and Elizabeth Nicolas: Women in the legal profession

Jill Cicero, president of the Monroe County Bar Association, and managing partner of Cicero Law Firm LLP, and Elizabeth Nicolas, a worker’s rights attorney with the Center for Popular Democracy,...

Rochester Business Journal | Civic Engagement

Multiple Arrests In Midtown During May Day Protests Outside Banks

Hundreds of labor and immigrant advocates marched through east midtown early Monday in a demonstration against corporations which they say are profiting from President Trump's agenda—one of a ...

Gothamist | Civic Engagement

Explosion of Gig Economy Means There’s an App for Juggling Jobs

One of the reasons Mustafa Muhammed finally broke down and bought a smartphone was because he needed to find a job.


The 57-year-old cook was tired of using a...

Bloomberg | Restoring a Fair Workweek

Woman Who Confronted Jeff Flake in the Elevator: 'I Wanted Him to Feel My Rage'

The protesters who cornered Flake just before he voted on Kavanaugh's confirmation spoke out about why they did it.

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Vice | Civic Engagement

Rate Hike Opponents Overwhelmed The Fed's Phone System

Left-leaning groups affiliated with the Fed Up campaign, including CREDO Action, the Working Families Party and Daily Kos, estimate that over...

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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