Write Your Local Paper About Bringing Jobs Back To America
As we celebrate the anniversary of our great Nation’s birth, legislation is moving through Congress that will improve the economy, lower unemployment and revive weakened communities. With over 50,000 manufacturing facilities closed in the last decade, coupled with the loss of over 6 million jobs in that sector, there needs to be a focus of putting […]
Tell the Senate to Support the Bring Jobs Home Act
As we celebrate the anniversary of our great Nation’s birth, legislation is moving through Congress that will improve the economy, lower unemployment and revive weakened communities. With over 50,000 manufacturing facilities closed in the last decade, coupled with the loss of over 6 million jobs in that sector, there needs to be a focus of putting […]
Never Forget Why the Affordable Care Act is so Important
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act–more than 105 million Americans will continue to benefit from the elimination of lifetime limits and the coverage of preventive services, more than 6 million young adults will remain covered by their […]
Stop Wage Theft In Florida By Stopping SB 862/HB 609
Wage theft is a major problem for Florida workers, with an estimated $60-90 million stolen from paychecks. Its a problem that disproportionately impacts lower wage workers in key sectors in Florida’s economy – tourism, retail, and construction. But what is wage theft specifically? A recent report by the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy […]
Fight Back Against A Cut To The Minimum Wage For Tipped Employees
Are you a worker who earns tips?Click here to write a personal letter to the Florida Senate. The extremists in charge of the Florida Legislature think $4.65-per-hour is just too much for waiters and waitresses to be making. Their latest scheme would slash the hourly wages of tip earners, like restaurant employees, parking attendants, hotel […]
Prison Privatization Vote Coming Soon. Call Today!
All hands on deck! Senate President Haridopolos and Rick Scott will Attempt to Ram Prison Privatization through the Senate Tomorrow! On Monday and Tuesday the Senate will convene to vote on SB 2038, the prison privatization bill. This bill will devastate small communities and working families’ economic stability and safety, but many in the Senate […]
Thank Key State Senators Stopping Prison Privatization
We’ve seen this movie before, as the Tampa Bay Times points out: It’s easy to tell when Florida’s leaders in Tallahassee are trying to ram through legislation that would not pass on its merits. First they try to sneak it through. Once caught, they change the rules and play with the financial numbers. Then the […]
Stand Up Against The Dangers of Prison Privatization
Rick Scott and some Legislators in Tallahassee are pushing the most dangerous bills imaginable. Two bills, SB 2036 and SB 2038, aim to privatize many governmental services and agencies without the public having a voice in the process. Both SB 2036 and SB 2038 are beyond reckless but Tallahassee politicians want them to become law […]
Stop The Legislature’s Scheme To Make Privatization Secret
Two destructive bills are being rushed through by Gov. Rick Scott and his cronies in the Legislature that would essentially keep privatization efforts in the dark, away from the view of Florida taxpayers. SB 2036 delays the delivery of key performance information on vendor contracts, so Floridians wouldn’t know if private contractors are doing the […]
Stand Up For Florida’s Children
You may have heard about Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to increase public education funding by $1 billion. Suspicious yet? You should be, because Scott is getting this “new” funding by cutting Florida’s Medicaid program, which coincidentally provides essential health care to hundreds of thousands of children in our state. And in case you forgot, Scott […]