Poverty
Republicans squabble over prevailing wage law
June 28, 2017“If all 25 states with prevailing wage laws today weakened or outright repealed their statutes, an additional 99,000 blue-collar construction workers would see their incomes fall below the poverty level," said the National Association of Building...
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Cuomoville, paid for by developers
June 28, 2017A coalition of tenant organizations marched June 14th from the New York Public Library to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYC office where they camped outside for three days. They called their encampment Cuomoville.
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Union presidents struggle with political strategies
March 14, 2017“There has ‘to be a new paradigm’ or 2018 will be 2016 all over again.”
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“We’re homeless and we vote”
October 28, 2016"We're exposing the fact that there is no solution -- nothing but exposure for the homeless."
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Republicans push cuts to Social Security, jump in wait time expected
August 15, 2016Federal worker unions and congressional Democrats are protesting large cuts in Social Security staffing and funding for the premiere program for the elderly and the disabled.
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