From Put People First! PA (http://putpeoplefirstpa.org/): Join the Council and thousands around the country participating in the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, a broad and deep national movement — led by the poor, marginalized and moral … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since its inception, Wall Street has wanted to get its hands on Social Security. The financial industry has tried to cut and privatize our earned benefits and sow a seed of doubt about Social … Continued
From the National Employment Law Project (http://www.nelp.org/): If the tip rule change proposed by the Trump Department of Labor goes into effect, bartenders and servers could face a substantial pay cut, according to a new report from NELP and Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC). … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): An open internet is essential to protecting freedoms we hold dear: Our ability to innovate, speak our mind, connect, and hear diverse voices and opinions. All of these freedoms are now at risk. On December 14 … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Twelve charts from EPI show the real problems policymakers should have tackled in 2017 and the empty rhetoric behind the problems they did tackle. For example, a chart showing corporate profits at historic highs … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/02/iceland-becomes-first-country-punish-companies-paying-women-less-men Published on Tuesday, January 02, 2018 by Common Dreams “In Iceland, an example of what happens if you actually elect women.” By Julia Conley, staff writer Katrin Jakobsdottir became Iceland’s prime minister in November. The country’s parliament … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Workers in Pennsylvania lost ground relative to those in neighboring states where minimum wages are higher and employment growth in low-wage sectors like food services has been stronger HARRISBURG, PA – As many increases in … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): The map above presents the percent change in real annual average weekly wages by county in Pennsylvania and in six bordering states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia) and the District … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/12/28/value-seeing-treating-poverty-health-issue/#.Wk5wKFWnEdU By James Abro December 28, 2017 In July of this year, Barry Ostrowsky, the CEO of RWJ Barnabas – the largest hospital-based health care provider in New Jersey — sat down with PBS talk-show host Steve Adubato to … Continued
Thanks to Jeff Garis at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center for sharing! 104 years ago today, on January 5, 1914, the Ford Motor Company instituted an 8-hour workday and announced that it would pay “a living wage” of at … Continued