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This Mother’s Day, Working Families Win asks you to join us in paying homage to America, mom and apple pie by investing in an All-American Mother's Day!
As you are out shopping for mom, simply take a few minutes to check the tag, flip over the card or ask your local merchant where his/her products were produced. This simple action supports American business and helps invest in the American middle class.
If you can't find any American made products at those big-box chains, try local merchants instead. Still no luck? Below are links to merchants who have made it a priority to Invest in America by keeping their products American made and keeping jobs in the U.S.A.
Click here and here to find American Made Greeting Cards.
Click here and here to find American Grown Flowers.
Click here and here to find American Manufactured Jewelry.
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Congratulations to Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund for organizing a successful Progressive Tax Reform Summit & protest at Grover Norquist's office. Click here to see CSPAN coverage of the Progressive Tax Reform Summit, hosted by John Nichols of The Nation. Then check out the pictures from the Tax Day rally at Grover Norquist's office!
We NEED YOUR HELP TO PROMOTE FAIR TRADE! Click here to sign a petition demanding that U.S. officials move the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement negotiations into the light of day. Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny. That is not right and has to stop!
Working Families Win Iowa fights cuts in academics at the University of Northern Iowa!
Over 100 people braved the pouring rain for a rally where State Senator Jeff Danielson and State Rep. Bob Kressig spoke in supprt of their efforts. The following day volunteers held a funeral procession, mourning the loss of academic programs at UNI.
Click here to follow this story in the press.
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Congratulations to Working Families Win New Hampshire for organizing a successful Afternoon with Howard Dean! A special congratulations to the 2011 Progressive Leader Award recipient Kath Allen! Thank you to all the volunteers, participants and donors who helped make this event a huge hit!
Click here to see more photos from the event.
Working Families Win stands in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
On November 17 Working Families Win New Hampshire turned out in solidarity for an International Day of Action with Occupy Wall Street and allies. Click here to see local news coverage.
Click here to find out more at the Working Families Winn Occupy Wall Street solidarity page.
Working Families Win Iowa talk jobs creation with Congressman Dave Loebsack.
Click here to read the article.
WHERE ARE THE JOBS?
Rep. Jan Schakowsky talks about her new Jobs Bill which will hire two million Americans to address our jobs crisis.
Working Families Win stands in solidarity with the thousands of Ohio working people who delivered over 1.3 million petition signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State in support of a referendum to overturn the anti-worker collective bargaining ban.
Voters in November will now have the opportunity to cast a vote against the attack on Ohio's working families! Click here to read the news report.
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Working Families Win Iowa travels north to support Wisconsin's working families!
A delegation of Working Families Win Iowa volunteers rallied to show solidarity with the struggle of workers in Wisconsin, who are fighting to keep their right to collective bargaining.
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Working Families Win New Hampshire volunteer is the first person to get high risk health coverage because of the Affordable Care Act.
Check Out Gail O'Brien's Story Here!
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Working Families Win Launches
'American Priorities for Working Families'
American Priorities for Working Families is aimed at redirecting the content of the public debate toward the real priorities of America's working families. If you turn on the news today you might think that it is more important to balance the budget than to create jobs through proven stimulus methods, that it is more important to create competition for business than to protect Main Street from Wall Street abuses, that it is more important to cut ‘entitlement programs’ like Medicare and Social Security than to reduce military spending, that is is more important to cut government service jobs like teachers and fire fighters than to protect pensions and wages through strong labor unions.
Working Families Win knows these are not the priorities of a majority of America's working class and our goal is to make sure our elected officials and candidates know it! The 'American Priorities for Working Families' project is organizing in early caucus and primary states to ensure candidates on the federal ticket hear the real priorities of average folks. These priorities include:
CREATING GOOD JOBS
DRAFTING NEW TRADE RULES
ENSURING AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY
AFFORDABLE HIGHER EDUCATION
For More Information Click Here
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Working Families Win
Organizes in Support of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
Economic Bill of Rights
"Under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed."
January 11, 1944
• The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
• The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
• The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
• The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
• The right of every family to a decent home;
• The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
• The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
• The right to a good education.
For More Information Click Here
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