Robert Reich: a GOP Senate would harm women’s economic security
Robert Reich explains the impact that a Republican Senate would have on women’s economic well-being.
Tag: Economic Justice
VICTORY: Hawaii Increases the Minimum Wage!
When the Hawaii Legislature took up an important bill to raise the minimum wage, Drew Astolfi of the organization Faith Action for Community Equity, along with allies and the Hawaii MoveOn Council, launched a campaign to raise wages for workers in the state.
Robert Reich explains why we should raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour
If we really want to grow our economy and lift workers out of poverty, then we should really be talking about raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, and not even debating anything lower than $10.10.
New PPP Poll Finds Voters in 13 Republican-held House Districts Support Raising the Minimum Wage; Less Likely to Vote for Incumbents Who Oppose the Increase
Today, Public Policy Polling (PPP) released a new set of polls, commissioned by MoveOn.org Political Action, that show a majority of voters in 13 Republican-held House districts support increasing the minimum wage.
Robert Reich Explains the War on the Poor and Working Families
Are Republicans and corporate and 1% interests waging a war on the poor?
VICTORY: Justice for Snarf’s Sub Shop Workers
Twenty employees at Snarf’s in Chicago, including workers who had been at the sandwich shop for years, received an email three days before Christmas informing them they were being terminated without any notice. The CEO promised the workers an additional week of wages as compensation for the unjust firing, but broke his promise. That’s why Kevin Brown, who had worked at Snarf’s for two and a half years, started a MoveOn Petition to CEO Jim Seidel.
VICTORY: President Obama Jump-starts Fair Wage Fight
Across the country, MoveOn members are fighting hard for livable salaries for low-wage workers. The leading employer of low-wage workers? The federal government itself. That’s why Heather McGhee of the organization Demos started a MoveOn Petition to President Obama, asking him to use his State of the Union address to announce a “Good Jobs” executive order that would raise the wages of federal contract workers.
WATCH: MoveOn Executive Director Anna Galland Discusses the Progressive Agenda for 2014 on C-SPAN
Anna Galland, the executive director of MoveOn.org, appears on C-SPAN to discuss the progressive agenda and MoveOn members’ plans in 2014.
New MoveOn TV ad: Let’s increase Social Security benefits
MoveOn members are doubling down on our campaign for an increase in Social Security benefits with a new TV ad that comes in response to Wall Street front group The Third Way’s recent attack on Social Security expansion. In the new ad, MoveOn.org Political Action urges members of Congress to listen to their constituents, stop […]
VICTORY: JPMorgan Loophole Defeated
In 2010, progressive champions in the Senate, including Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, fought to pass the Volcker Rule firewall, which restricts high-risk trading by big banks. The firewall, which is meant to protect taxpayers if Wall Street’s bad bets blow up, was met with opposition from big bank lobbyists. That’s why Sen. Merkley started a MoveOn Petition telling Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to keep the so-called “JPMorgan Loophole,” which would blow holes in the firewall, out of the law.