Tag: Economic Justice
By Jo Comerford. Tuesday, June 30 2015
On July 18 and 19, thousands of MoveOn members will join Teach-ins to Save the Economy! Over the last several months, MoveOn has worked with Robert Reich to break down some of the solutions to the challenges we face in taking back our economy–from making work family-friendly, to creating Medicare for all, to ending mass […]
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Economic Justice | economy | house party | Robert Reich | save the economy
By admin. Monday, February 23 2015
Walmart employs hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country. The majority of those workers make minimum wage—as Walmart executives are making BILLIONS. Our friends at OUR Walmart have been fighting for a living wage by starting petitions, staging protests, and organizing to fight for their rights. Last week, Walmart workers won a big victory: Walmart announced that they will […]
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Economic Justice | labor | Minimum Wage | MoveOn members | Moveon victory | moveon.org | Victory | Walmart
By Jo Comerford. Thursday, December 4 2014
On December 3, MoveOn executive director, Anna Galland, hosted an incredible lineup featuring: Cristina Jimenez, co-founder of United We Dream, the nation’s largest immigrant youth-led organization, which was instrumental in winning executive action from President Obama; Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a progressive public policy shop working for an equal say and an equal chance […]
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Economic Justice | Equality | Eric Garner | ferguson | Immigrant Rights | Immigration | mike brown | progressive movement | racial justice