Happy Holidays!
December 23, 2014
Happy holidays from all of us at the AFL-CIO. We wish you and your family a joyful, peaceful, healthy new year of justice and shared prosperity!
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QUICK signature needed to protect overtime pay!
December 19, 2014
Moms and dads are working extra long hours this holiday season, and many of them are not being compensated for it. Clearly our overtime protection laws need some fixing! Sign our open letter to the Department of Labor asking Secretary Perez to strengthen overtime protections.
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Three Ways to Raise Wages
December 10, 2014
For a lot of working people, this holiday season will be one of belt-tightening rather than shopping sprees. Let’s face it, our wages just aren’t keeping up the way they used to. Here’s a fact: Average income for the least rich 90% of us has been flat since the 1970s, although people are working...
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What Happens When Thousands Support a Brave Mom...
December 9, 2014
This holiday season, MomsRising is thankful for YOU because your overwhelming action to #StandWithPeggy created a powerful scene at the U.S. Supreme Court!
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Moms & Dads say "Our families need the EITC & Child Tax Credit!"
December 3, 2014
Moms and dads from around the country have shared their positive experiences with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit with MomsRising. Read these stories and learn how vital these two tax programs are to working families.
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Help stop Congress from choosing wealthy corporations over working families and our economy
December 2, 2014
Some members of Congress want to give tax breaks to wealthy corporations and not families?! Not on our watch! Write Congress today and tell them to support an extension to the current EITC and Child Tax Credit
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A Season of Scarcity or Abundance?
November 28, 2014
Here are some insights into the expectations that can cause stress this time of year and a proven way of improving your perspective during the holiday season. Cross posted from Flourish Counseling.com .
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The EITC and Child Tax Credit has rescued these families!
November 26, 2014
The EITC and Child Tax Credit has helped lift millions of families out of poverty each year. As these stories from moms show, this is a vital program. Unfortunately, it is also at risk.
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Support Walmart Workers
November 24, 2014
Walmart. On one hand we have the Walton family—Walmart’s owners. With almost $150 billion in wealth, they are the richest family in the nation. On the other hand, we have Walmart workers, most of whom work for less than $25,000 a year. Most are women. And this Thanksgiving, more than 1 million of them have to go to work instead of spending the full day with their families.
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