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This Labor Day, let’s all resolve to ‘Fight for $15’
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The beauty of Labor Day is that it’s about more than just one day – it’s about acknowledging and celebrating every other day – when Americans go to work and do their critical work to keep our economy and society humming along. All work involves some combination of experience, education, skill, courage and commitment, and…
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‘The moral threads that hold our nation together are coming undone’
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As leaders in the faith and labor communities, we stand together during one of the greatest injustices of our time as Senators push for a bill that is a moral travesty and will hurt nearly every family in our nation. Like most Americans, we know that Medicaid and quality, affordable healthcare are imperative to the…
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? Ruggiero and Griffin: Working families deserve concrete solutions, not just campaign soundbites
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Finally, some good news about working families in this country: in 2015, lower and middle income workers saw real income gains, and the median income gain was 5.2 percent. It confirms what most of us know: working families are what is leading us out of the recession. They are the bedrock of the recovery. When…