WHERE: Westgate Plaza, Chili Ave. at Brooks. WHEN: Thursday, May 24th, 5:30pm WHY: To demand that the NYS Senate pass a raise in the minimum wage! For years, those among us with the lowest incomes, have seen pay decreases year after year. As we know, when we don’t raise the minimum wage it’s purchasing power [...]
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By Jessica Valenti, The Nation Media coverage of the Republican “war on women” has largely focused on the attempted rollbacks of reproductive rights and the all-too-frequent sexist gaffes that are plaguing the GOP these days. (I, for one, will never tire of aspirin between the knees jokes.) While seeing so much ink spilled over feminist [...]
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WHERE: First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd. WHEN: Thursday, May 3rd, 6:00pm-7:30 Today, there are 880,000 workers in New York State that are earning under $8.50/hr. Workers at the current minimum wage, working full time, earn $290/week or only $15,080/year. We know that this isn’t a wage that can even begin to address the basic [...]
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By Michelle Chen, In These Times India’s economic ascent seems like it should be the envy of the world’s richest nations; with rocketing growth rates and gargantuan consumer and labor markets, India’s destiny as Asia’s next superstar looks beyond a doubt. Except Indian workers just gave the boosters of global capitalism a few million second [...]
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By Rinku Sen, for Colorlines.com This Sunday night, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Oscar watchers will be mooning over their favorite celebrities, frowning about the fashion world’s latest, and discussing the legacy of Jim Crow on the livelihoods of today’s domestic workers. That’s not a combination we see very often, but it represents the culmination of [...]
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Written by Matthew Daneman for the Democrat & Chronicle. Business process outsourcing firm Maximus Inc. — with offices in Victor, Fairport and suburban Buffalo — expects to consolidate those locations into a Pittsford site and add 100 positions over the next year. Toshiba Business Solutions is planning for a 6,500-square-foot expansion to its Henrietta location [...]
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Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs), New York’s main job creation tool, are falling asleep on the job. Instead of using our precious tax dollars to make smart investments in companies that create good jobs, they’re giving away the store to irresponsible companies that shift jobs around instead of create them. We recently found out about this [...]
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There are a lot of good things in President Obama’s jobs proposal: investment in infrastructure, rebuilding schools, hiring recently laid-off workers, and extending unemployment benefits. The Republican Congress should quickly pass these provisions. But the jobs crisis in America isn’t going to be fixed by small investments and more tax breaks. Those proposals can have [...]
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