You need to check out this website, right now. It’s a powerful reminder of the real faces behind America’s sobering unemployment statistics. It has real pictures and stories from job-hunters and impacted people from all walks of life—from your state and from every state. I hope you’ll take a minute to look at these powerful stories, share…
Tell Congress: Extend UI Lifeline for 6 Million Now
If Congress doesn’t act to ensure 6 million longtime jobless workers don’t lose unemployment insurance (UI) next year, 2 million people desperately seeking work will lose the lifeline that’s helping them and their families get by on Jan. 1. Another 4 million will run out of help week by week next year. Yet House Speaker…
Wichita Eagle Story: At town hall, groups vow to fight Brownback on taxes.
Last week we asked for your support to attend the town hall summit on the effects of Kansas budget cuts hosted by Big Tent Coalition and Kansans for Quality Communities. Over 80 people turned out to tell dramatic stories about the effects of crumbling social services and public education. The Wichita Eagle has great coverage:…
Esquire Profiles Trumka as American of the Year
The latest edition of Esquire magazine features an in-depth look at AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Named as one of the Americans of the Year by the magazine, the article examines Trumka’s past, current role and vision for the future. Looking toward the union movement’s future, Trumka tells author John H. Richardson: I don’t care how steep the…
How to Buy Union-Made Gifts Online This Holiday Season.
*Reposted from the AFL-CIO Blog* If you’re reading this on Black Friday morning that probably means you didn’t spend the night on a lawn chair outside a big box store waiting for a deal of a lifetime—until the next deal of lifetime comes along. Good for you, because you can sit at home in your robe…
Town Hall Meeting on Kansas Budget’s Impact on our Community Scheduled for 11/29
Two statewide coalitions representing a broad cross-section of Kansans are sponsoring Town Hall Meetings across the state in November, including on Thursday, November 29 in Wichita. The Big Tent Coalition is an association of organizations and individual advocates who believe in enhancing choices for Kansans with disabilities, seniors and those with mental illness. Kansans for…
Meet the Working Kansas Alliance
Great article in the Topeka Capitol Journal about Friday’s launch of the Working Kansas Alliance: Unions launch campaign against gov., policies. Here are the highlights: Labor unions in Kansas trying to unite in their opposition to Gov. Sam Brownback and his Republican allies in the Legislature launched a new campaign Friday to oppose what they consider…
Join Us for a Community Forum on Wage Theft
Wage theft has being called the crime no one talks about. It is estimated that workers are robbed of $17 billions or more every year. Please Join us. As part of the national day of action against wage theft, Sunflower Community Action will hold a community forum on November 19th at 1 pm at Evergreen…
