Posted at https://palegalaid.net/news/pa-supreme-court-strikes-down-law-eliminating-general-asssistance July 18, 2018 Today, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania took an important step to protect Pennsylvanians living in deep poverty because of serious disability, domestic violence, or other factors that prevent them from working. By a decision of … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Since 1973, the top 1 percent in Pennsylvania have captured 45.7 percent of overall income growth: As of 2015, Pennsylvania is the 14th most unequal in the nation Read the full report here. Download County … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Even as incomes of the bottom 99 percent improve with a strengthening economy, the gap between the top 1 percent and everyone else continues to grow. EPI is out with a new report, “The … Continued
From Raise the Wage PA (http://raisethewagepa.org/): Act now to tell the PA Department of Labor and Industry to raise the overtime threshold for workers to help protect working families. Here is a page that makes it easy to submit comments … Continued
ON JULY 21, JOIN THE PRESIDING BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE ELCA AS WE: PRAY for all those who rely on our nation’s social safety net programs to receive medical care or retirement income. Almighty and most merciful … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/11/rigged-new-report-details-how-combined-51-trillion-tax-cuts-bush-obama-and-trump “When people demand specifics on how to pay for expansions to social insurance, income supports, and public investments, seems like part of the answer is just ‘we could stop doing this.’” Published on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 … Continued
The Trump Administration is planning to add a question to the 2020 Census that will lead to massive undercounts of children and minorities. Tell the Trump Administration not to undermine the 2020 Census at https://cqrcengage.com/censuscounts2020/app/act-on-a-regulation?0&engagementId=484734. The Administration is planning to … Continued
Source: http://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/ By Peter Romeo Jul. 10, 2018 The litigation arm of the National Restaurant Association has sued the U.S. Department of Labor to overturn a requirement that restaurants forgo the tip credit when paying front-of-house employees who’ve spent more than … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, and Joni Ernst are working on a proposal to raid Social Security to give income to parents of a new child. [1] This is like robbing Peter to pay Paul. … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new EPI report, professors Maria Mora and Alberto Dávila examine the Hispanic–white wage gap among full-time workers, including how it is affected by gender, Hispanic origin, education level, birthplace, immigrant status, and … Continued