Get the facts on the Large Retailer Accountability Act, a historic, game-changing bill to guarantee living wages to employees of the world’s most profitable retailers.
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As the largest private lender of student loans - and largest profiteer of student debt - Sallie Mae sets trends that have ripple effects on all aspects of higher education. On May 30, we're heading to the annual shareholder meeting at Sallie Mae's headquarters to send a clear message: it's time to end the debt-for-diploma pipeline that Sallie Mae is fueling.
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On August 1, our Executive Director Sarita Gupta was arrested in an act of civil disobedience with more than 40 other national leaders in front of the U.S. House of Representatives to send a clear message that Congress must move our nation forward by passing comprehensive immigration reform legislation that… Read More»
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How many times have you heard someone say, “If your job is so bad, get a new one!”? That’s not a real solution for tens of millions of workers. Not convinced? A quick glance at monthly unemployment numbers since the Great Recession speaks volumes. Jobs are hard to come by,… Read More»
SLAP members protest at the headquarters of Sallie Mae, corporate owners of a large percentage of student debt.
Written by Daniela Bartlett Asenjo On July 1, college students and their parents all across the United States joined in a collective shudder as the news of subsidized Stafford loan interest rates doubling from 3.4% to 6.8% spread. While borrowers hoped that politicians in Washington would rise above the partisan… Read More»
Earlier this week, over 100 domestic care workers rallied at the White House to urge the Obama Administration and the Department of Labor to end the delays in advancing new regulations that would provide home care workers with basic labor protections. It has been 75 years since the passage of… Read More»
Researchers found when one store opened in Chicago, it created at most 320 full-time new jobs and destroyed at least 300 others.
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Imagine a world where our weak labor laws are no longer enforced. Workers successfully organize, but their company refuses to recognize the union. Workers are fired illegally and have no recourse. This could be the world we live in soon if we don’t fight back. In coming days, the Senate… Read More»
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More than 100 people walked off the job in the nation’s capital yesterday to bring attention to the need for the federal government to ensure its contractors provide overtime, minimum wages, and higher labor standards. The protests, organized by Good Jobs Nation and supported locally by DC Jobs with Justice, … Read More»