Trump Budget a Disaster for Women and Families

13 Jun Trump Budget a Disaster for Women and Families

Posted at 15:50h in Homepage_featured by Alex Cardona

Trump Budget A Disaster For Women And Families By Linda Meric, originally featured on The Huffington Post. Despite his promises, he would sacrifice the needs of ordinary people to reward millionaires, billionaires, and big corporations. The new Trump budget proposal is a disaster for women and families. It...

13 Jun New Report on LGBT Elders

Posted at 15:33h in Homepage_featured by Alex Cardona

9to5 allies at the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) have released a new report on issuesfacing LGBT older adults. Understanding Issues Facing LGBT Older Adults takes a comprehensive look at the experiences of LGBT elders, the challenges to...

27 Apr Tell Congress AGAIN: Hands Off Our Health Care!

Posted at 20:44h in 9to5 in the News, Homepage_featured by Alex Cardona

Despite overwhelming public opposition to their plans to repeal health care, Republicans keep trying to take away our health care with a bill that is so bad, they have exempted themselves from it. Just like the last plan, it raises costs and cuts coverage. And...

24 Apr Working Families Flexibility Act Will Hurt Women and Families by Linda Meric

Posted at 19:55h in 9to5 in the News, Homepage_featured by Alex Cardona

Much like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the falsely cloaked Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 1180/S. 801) would hurt, not help, working women and families. The Working Families Flexibility Act, a true misnomer if ever there was one, would in reality ensure that workers have...

19 Apr Republican Repeal of ACA Gives $600 billion in Tax Breaks To the Wealthy and Big Corporations

Posted at 03:07h in Colorado by Alex Cardona

DENVER - State Senator Rhonda Fields joined homecare providers, health care advocates, doctors and people who depend on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care on tax day to release a joint report from Americans for Tax Fairness and Health Care for America Now...

13 Apr Trump’s budget priorities are toxic to American families

Posted at 17:54h in 9to5 in the News, Homepage_featured by Alex Cardona

It’s that time of year again...

12 Apr Sexual harassment claims against Bill O’Reilly show nation’s much deeper epidemic

Posted at 00:51h in 9to5 in the News by Alex Cardona

We seem to be living in a nation where sexual harassment is simultaneously being condemned by some and condoned, or at least ignored and excused, by others. Look no further than the Access Hollywood tape of our head of state and the massive women’s protests...

10 Apr CO Working Families Rally, Testify for FAMLI

Posted at 15:42h in Colorado, Media Releases by Alex Cardona

Friday, April 7, 2017 Contact: Katie Reinisch, 303-653-1009, katie@progressive-promotions.com Neha Mahajan, 303-628-0925, neha@9to5.org Tuesday at Noon: Working Families Rally, Testify for FAMLI DENVER - Midday Tuesday, the CO FAMLI coalition -- a diverse group of business owners, health professionals, women and children’s advocates, worker organizations and community members -- will...

04 Apr Get Active on Equal Pay Day to Address the Many Causes of the Pay Gap

Posted at 18:11h in 9to5 in the News, Homepage_featured by Alex Cardona

Today, April 4, is Equal Pay Day, representing how far into the new year women on average have to work to earn what men earned in the previous calendar year. It’s an opportunity to call attention to the pay gap experienced by working women and...

29 Mar Women fight for equal health care

Posted at 05:08h in Media Coverage, Wisconsin by Alex Cardona

Board Chair Tamiko Vukovic shares her story on NBC about why comprehensive health care and caregiving legislation is vital....

Author: Alex Cardona