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A Brief Legislative History of the PRO Act

February 27, 2023

The Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act seeks to strengthen the rights of workers to organize, bargain collectively, and engage in other concerted activities to improve their wages, benefits, and working conditions. The legislation was first introduced in Congress in May 2019 by Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Senator… Read More»

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The One Percent’s Attack on Unemployment Benefits Shows How Broken Our Democracy Is

July 23, 2020

Members of the One Percent, such as former restauranteur Andrew Puzder, have urged Congress to let the $600 a week unemployment supplement Congress enacted as part of the CARES Act expire on schedule on July 31. They argue, in Puzder’s words that “this $600 per week bonus is discouraging work” for low-wage earners.   No one receiving unemployment benefits will make themselves rich on… Read More»

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No more baby steps in response to the COVID-19 economic crisis

March 27, 2020

During this time of public health and economic crisis, it’s clear that we’ve learned some lessons from the federal bailouts in response to the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but rather than taking small steps in the right direction, we need to make a significant leap forward.   In response to the Great Recession, Congress pumped money into… Read More»

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Sham Minimum Wage Hearing Highlights Need for Congress to Give Working People a Raise

December 11, 2018

House Republicans will lose their majority in a little more than three weeks and have decided to hold a hearing on whether to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It seems like a strange time for them to turn their attention to the federal minimum wage. After all,… Read More»

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Major League Wage Theft: How Baseball Owners and Congress Exploit Minor League Players

March 28, 2018

Baseball season begins this week and fans across the country will see their favorite players and all-stars play in places like Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, and Wrigley Field. The season commencement will also be cause for celebration for the former farm team players who advanced to the majors for the… Read More»

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Executive Action on Immigration Could Protect Workers’ Rights

July 1, 2014

Yesterday, after a year of inaction and obstruction by House Republicans, President Obama vowed that he will begin to fix the broken immigration system through his Constitutional authority to take executive actions. He pledged to begin doing so later this summer. With this announcement comes an opportunity for the president… Read More»

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This is what happens when Congress doesn’t renew unemployment benefits

June 27, 2014

Veterans deserve better than this from Congress. “By the end of June, an estimated 285,000 veterans will be going without long-term unemployment benefits because Congress allowed the program to expire, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).” Learn more:http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/06/25/3452888/unemployment-veterans-benefits/

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