LANSING, MICH. -- With Independence Day approaching, Michigan labor unions and environmental groups joined forces today to launch a new coalition to end America’s dependence on foreign oil.
ON INCOMES:
--Inflation-adjusted average CEO pay at depth of recession in 2002: $7,773,000
--Average CEO pay as of 2004: $9,600,000 [Executive Pay, Business Week 4/21/2003; A Payday For Performance, Business Week 4/18/2005]
WASHINGTON – An analysis released today by the Institute for America’s Future finds that retail behemoth Wal-Mart Inc. sucked more than $20 billion out of local economies across America this holiday season.
WASHINGTON - The Apollo Alliance today announced that Jerome Ringo is the new president of its coalition, whose member organizations represent more than 17 million people across the country. The alliance is a coalition of labor, environmental, business, national security, civil rights, urban, rural and faith leaders fighting to make America independent from foreign energy in 10 years.
WASHINGTON – The Campaign for America's Future hosts the Washington, D.C. premiere of WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price tonight. The new film, produced and directed by Robert Greenwald, takes viewers behind the glitz of Wal-Mart's television ads and new P.R. offensive to a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight against a goliath.
WASHINGTON – The Institute for America's Future released a report today analyzing the cuts and funding freezes found in President Bush's new spending plan sent to Congress this week. more »
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WASHINGTON – Campaign for America's Future Co-director Robert Borosage today said that President Bush's policies created lost opportunities for working people, while keeping the highest number of people on record in extreme poverty.
WASHINGTON – The Bush Administration's energy policies hand massive breaks to big oil companies and do nothing to lower gas prices or reduce our dependence on foreign oil, according to a new television ad by the Campaign for America's Future and the Detroit Project Action Fund. The ad begins airing today in the Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles markets. more »
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Beginning today, citizen activists across the country are releasing reports, which project the likely impact of investing as much money in America for U.S. jobs, health care and infrastructure as President Bush is requesting for Iraq reconstruction – as required by the America Parity Act, introduced by Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL). more »
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