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Sign the Petition Against Wage Theft!
Help fight against Wage Theft by signing this petition telling legislators to stop supporting Wage Thieves! SB 1216 by Senator Bradley and HB 1125 by Representative Goodson are both an attempt to overstep home rule at the expense of workers and their families, law-abiding businesses, and local economies. These bills would prevent future and already […]
Write Your Local Newspaper: Stop Legislators From Blocking Local Wage Theft Ordinances
Write your local newspaper and tell your community about the Legislature’s real threat to prevent local governments from implementing wage theft ordinances. SB 1216 by Senator Bradley and HB 1125 by Representative Goodson are both an attempt to overstep home rule at the expense of workers and their families, law-abiding businesses, and local economies. These […]
Write Your Local Newspaper: Stand up for Florida’s Public Workers
Write your local newspaper and tell your community about the real retirement security threat to Florida’s Firefighters, teachers, police officers, nurses and state employees face. Retirement plans for state and local government workers affect millions of Floridians and boost the state economy. These plans directly impact about 1.2 million current and former public employees in […]
Bring Jobs Home- America Wants to Work
The outsourcing of jobs has spread from manufacturing to services and other sectors of the economy, devastating working families and their communities. Working together with our allies, the Bring Jobs Home: America Wants to Work Campaign will use pending legislation in Congress to raise the public dialogue to make outsourcing a key factor in the […]
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 […]
CEO Pay and the 99%
The AFL-CIO launched their 2012 Executive PayWatch site—now called CEO Pay and the 99%—which includes the most comprehensive data accessible on 2011 executive pay. All of the data available is searchable by industry, by state and by the top 100 highest-paid CEOs. Check it and help us share it widely. CEO Pay and the 99% […]
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 […]