Oregon joins Philadelphia and Baltimore in refusing to hold people in jail without probable cause at the request of ICE. Congratulations Portland Jobs with Justice on this important victory!
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In early April, a federal judge ruled that law enforcement in Clackamas County, Oregon, had violated the U.S. Constitution by enforcing the request from federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold an individual in jail without probable cause. Following the ruling, dozens of sheriff’s offices across the state announced… Read More»
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42 senators turned their backs on one million veterans by voting against raising the federal minimum wage. Learn more: http://www.epi.org/blog/million-veterans-benefit-minimum-wage/
Learn more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/05/01/3433227/seattle-15-dollar-minimum-wage/
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In a recent report, Americans for Tax Fairness revealed the true costs to U.S. taxpayers of Walmart’s low prices. The company, and specifically the Walton family members who control it, receive an estimated $7.8 billion per year in tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies. The extent of corporate tax breaks in… Read More»
On Tuesday, Jane Timm published a piece on MSNBC.com titled, “Students seek loan forgiveness in overwhelming numbers.” The piece claims that student loan borrowers are enrolling in the Department of Education’s flexible student loan repayment plans, some of which include debt forgiveness, in “record numbers.” Unfortunately, Timm drastically misses the… Read More»
The Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed on April 24, 2013 in the worst garment catastrophe in history. Photo via Wikimedia
April 24 marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, where at least 1,138 people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured. Known as the worst garment industry catastrophe in history, the building collapsed only months after the deadliest factory fire in Bangladesh’s… Read More»
Restaurant Opportunities Center action
Today many workers who try to band together to improve their jobs through traditional workplace organizing face significant impediments at the hand of hostile employers and outdated labor laws. Those challenges are even more noteworthy for the nearly quarter of the workforce that has no protection under the federal National… Read More»