Today is major victory: the Supreme Court rejected King v. Burwell, an attack against the Affordable Care Act that attempted to deny quality health care to millions of people in the United States. Here is a joint statement on the King v. Burwell decision today from: LeeAnn Hall, executive director of Alliance for a JustContinue reading “Victory! King v. Burwell Guarantees Millions Will Keep Their Health Care”
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Health Reform and New Tools for Fighting Hospital Debt
Retiree Lee Johnson went in for knee surgery at a hospital in Seattle, and came out with a bill for $30,000, even after his insurance paid its share of the costs. No one at the hospital told him about the availability of charity care. So, to pay off his debt he took on a newContinue reading “Health Reform and New Tools for Fighting Hospital Debt”
More Low Paying Jobs Means Families Continue to Struggle
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Employment Situation Summary, commonly known as the “jobs report,” for May. While many news outlets had headlines lauding May’s jobs numbers, at least some are beginning to come around to a fact that we have been stating for months: too many of these new jobs are inContinue reading “More Low Paying Jobs Means Families Continue to Struggle”
Questions Fly Over $400 Million Donation. But They’re the Wrong Questions
Last week, author Malcolm Gladwell stirred up the 1% hornet’s nest by sarcastically calling out a hedge fund manager, John Paulson, for his $400 million donation to Harvard University. The billionaire’s donation to the richest university in the world will benefit the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Upon hearing the news, Gladwell, the New Yorker writer and “Tipping Point” author,Continue reading “Questions Fly Over $400 Million Donation. But They’re the Wrong Questions”
Ban the Box: Two Big Wins for the Fair Hiring Campaign in Florida
Last week, small business owners, activists, and faith leaders gathered on the steps of the Daytona Beach City Hall to announce the City of Daytona’s plan to “ban the box” and open up opportunities to all applicants by removing the criminal conviction question from city job applications. The effort, commonly known as “ban the box”Continue reading “Ban the Box: Two Big Wins for the Fair Hiring Campaign in Florida”
Los Angeles is Biggest City to Enact $15 Minimum Wage
Los Angeles has become the biggest city in the nation to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Los Angeles City Council members voted 13-1 today to more than double the federal wage by 2020. Los Angeles City Council members signaled two weeks ago that they would raise the minimum wage, and tookContinue reading “Los Angeles is Biggest City to Enact $15 Minimum Wage”
Job Gap Research is Key as New York Groups Fight for Fair Wages
Fast food workers in New York took another big step toward winning fair wages two weeks ago when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the convening of a new Wage Board to examine and make recommendations about increasing the minimum wage in the state’s fast food industry. Cuomo’s office has now announced the next steps in theContinue reading “Job Gap Research is Key as New York Groups Fight for Fair Wages”
States Must Do More to Support Workers and Families
“Get a Better Job!” “Get an Education!” “Pull Yourself Up by Your Bootstraps!” Too often when workers struggle to make ends meet, these are the messages they hear. Unfortunately, these messages set unrealistic expectations. Rather than creating an environment that helps ensure working families can succeed, too many states set up systems that that workContinue reading “States Must Do More to Support Workers and Families”
Native Americans in Philanthropy: Innovation and Inspiration
When you bring more than 200 Natives and their allies together to exchange information and ideas on what’s going on in Indian Country it’s bound to be a gathering that is full of wisdom and good-humored teasing, Indian style! That’s how the Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) celebrated their 25th anniversary at Mystic Lake HotelContinue reading “Native Americans in Philanthropy: Innovation and Inspiration”
Rigged to Fail – Press and Media Hits
Rigged to Fail When State Policies Suppress Workers’ Abilities to Make Ends Meet March 2015 http://thejobgap.org/ “Rigged to Fail” Work Study Urges Minimum Wage Increase, Lift on Right to Work, March 26, 2015 – Orlando Political Observer Child Care Tax Credits Help Working Families Succeed, April 14, 2015 – Context Florida Supporters for Medicaid Expansion Hold Rally in Charlottesville, AprilContinue reading “Rigged to Fail – Press and Media Hits”