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URGENT – Senate Debating Fast Track Now: Call Your Senators
Call your senators today and tell them to support critical amendments and against fast track trade authority. Congress should not preapprove massive trade agreements that the public is not allowed to see.
Progressive Breakfast
Iowa Working Families Summit Sends Message Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen says Iowa Working Families Summit sent message to '16ers: "We were labor and green, students and seniors, farmers and community organizers, urban and rural, immigrants...
Los Angeles Goes to $15 Minimum Wage
The City of Angels is rising, voting to lift its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. This is entirely a victory of the workers who led the fight and the community groups that joined the struggle.
The Left Matters – Now, More Than Ever
The left is important because it holds the key to energizing disaffected voters across the political spectrum – the voters who believe that neither political party is speaking to their most deeply-felt needs.
A Robin Hood Tax To Pay for College for All
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces bills that would allow every public college and university in the United States to offer free tuition, paid for with a small tax on financial transactions.
McDonald's' Workers Protest Share Buyback Scheme
This week McDonald's cooks and cashiers will be joined by clergy members at the company's shareholder meeting to call on McDonald’s to invest in the company and its workers instead of wealthy hedge fund executives.
How To Solve The RNC's Debate Problem: Money
Advice for the Republican National Committee that it will not take: Cull the number of presidential candidates you put on the debate stage by how much money they raised.
Message from Iowa To Presidential Candidates: Which Side Are You On?
The Iowa Working Families Summit was not about a candidate or even a platform. We were all realizing that more than ever, we have a common narrative based on democracy and economic justice.
Progressive Breakfast
Warren Strikes Back On TPP Sen. Warren issues report detailing poor enforcement of labor provisions in trade agreements. Politico: "Warren argued that the United States has not enforced labor protections in previous free trade deals. The report also contends that...
New Rules: If The Economy's Not Working For Us, It's Not Working
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is right: The rules are rigged. When bankers confess to fraud and get not one day in jail, the rules are rigged for the rich. Workers, families and communities need new rules.
