Virginia Organizing Releases Job Gap Report, Explores Solutions for Living Wage Including Medicaid Expansion
Richmond, Va.—On Wednesday, December 4, Virginia Organizing released a report authored by the Alliance for a Just Society detailing the living wage “job gap” in ...
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Big Pharma Could Win International Price Monopoly, Unlimited Profits in ‘Free Trade’ Deal
By Ethan Rome: Executive Director, Health Care For America Now Click here to see originial articleBig Pharma has a new tool to make turbo-charged profits and i ...
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More VA Kids Living in Low-Income Households
By: Alison BurnsFull article can be found by clicking here.RICHMOND, Va. - Although Virginia is considered one of the wealthiest states in the nation, it also has seen an increase ...
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Food Stamp Cuts Kick In Today
By: Alison BurnsFull article and audio can be found by clicking here. RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia families that are struggling financially will have less help affording fo ...
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CHN: Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections Extended to Home Care Workers
http://www.chn.org/human_needs_report/chn-minimum-wage-overtime-protections-extended-home-care-workers/On September 17, the US Department of Labor announced that it will extend mi ...
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Left Out of Labor Day
The Commonwealth Institute: http://thehalfsheet.org/post/59687425880/left-out-of-labor-dayHere’s something to wrap your mind around as we head into Labor Day weekend: u ...
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Making Bank of America Pay Events
Our friends at North Carolina Coalition Against Corporate Power are heading back to Bank of America to hold them accountable! Here is some information on how you can get involved: ...
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Reflections on Wal-Mart
By Marquita HillPublished December 2, 2012 by the Roanoke Times at http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/318495For two quarters, they'd get a raiseOn “Black ...
Read More »Study: ALEC’s Advice to States on Jobs Is Actually a Recipe for Stagnation and Wage Suppression
Washington, DC, November 28, 2012--A new study finds that state tax and regulatory policies recommended by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) fail to promote stronge ...
Read More »Margot Dorfman Explains Why Raising Minimum Wage is Good for Economy
http://augustafreepress.com/2012/07/30/margot-dorfman-raising-minimum-wage-good-for-business/Posted July 30, 2012 The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce supported the las ...
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