March 23, 2016
UPDATE (11/21/16): Unfortunately, on November 16, 2016, Texas federal Judge Samuel Cummings threw out Obama administration rules giving teeth to the legal requirement that companies must report whenever they hire unionbusting consultants. Judge Cummings order finalized an earlier preliminary ruling that temporarily blocked the rules this summer. His decision accepted the unionbusting… Read More»
Tags: Department of Labor, obama, persuader rule, union avoidance, union organizing, unionbusting, UPMC
December 19, 2014
Years of organizing, mobilizing and courageous actions by immigrants and their allies have finally given way to relief for millions of our friends and neighbors through the president’s historic executive action on immigration. While the relief is limited and temporary, it should be recognized as important progress toward fixing our… Read More»
Tags: Anabel Barron, Barack Obama, deportations, executive action, immigration, obama, President Obama, relief
August 28, 2014
After years of pressure on policymakers to fix the broken immigration system, families and communities finally have hope for some needed relief. President Obama has promised to use his executive authority to grant immigrants relief and to reform harmful enforcement procedures. However, the question remains whether it will go far… Read More»
Tags: all 11 million, arrest, Barack Obama, civil disobedience, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nonviolence, nonviolent, obama, President Obama, Scarlet Jimenez, White House
July 31, 2014
President Obama issued an executive order that holds federal contractors accountable for violating their workers’ rights by making it harder for repeat lawbreakers to win future contracts. Read Sarita Gupta’s statement and learn more here.
Tags: executive action, federal contracting, NLRB, obama, President Obama
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»
Tags: congress, DHS, epartment of Homeland Security, executive action, obama, POTUS, President, President Obama, republicans
January 23, 2014
A recent report by Oxfam has shed new light on the growing crisis of economic inequality. According to the report, one percent of the human population now controls almost half of the world’s wealth. The 85 wealthiest individuals own as much as half of the world’s population. The report warns… Read More»
Tags: Barack Obama, congress, economic democracy, income inequality, inequality, obama, Oxfam, President Obama