Democratic Party

Sep 6, 2012

‘Workers’ Rights Are Human Rights’

On Up with Chris Hayes, the entire first hour was devoted to the role of unions in the economy, its tenuous relationship with partisan politics and the how the diminishing union participation has hurt the average American worker. Union member Saladin Muhammad reminds viewers that workers’ rights are in fact, human rights, providing workers with [...]

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Aug 17, 2012

Coalition letter to DNC: Tell Duke Energy to Dump ALEC!

Today, Greenpeace and the Coalition to March on Wall Street South sent a letter to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, highlighting the DNC’s connection to the American Legislative Exchange Council through Duke Energy. In May, Duke gave ALEC $50,000 for its meeting in Charlotte, NC and has consistently offered staff [...]

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May 19, 2012

11 More Democratic Legislators Leave ALEC

- 8 Pennsylvannia legislators: Sen. Lisa Boscola, Sen. Leanna Washington, Sen. Anthony Williams, Rep. Nick Kotik, Rep. Ted Harhai, Rep. William Keller, Rep. Joseph Markosek, Rep. Joseph Petrarca – 2 Illinois legislators: Rep. Mary Flowers, Rep. Brendan Phelps – 1 Iowa legislator: Rep. Brian Quirk To read more about this, please click here:

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Apr 18, 2012

US Postal Service and the War on Workers

Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake in the Republicans assault on the US Postal Service and the postal workers. The Senate took up a bill to postpone the cuts, but it’s a temporary measure. Big Eddie thinks the Democrats should take a page out of Michele Bachmann’s book to combat this one. To [...]

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