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How can average Americans build wealth? This is one of the questions debated at the New America Foundation, stemming from a special issue of The Washington Monthly called The Future of Success. Savings accounts and financial literacy programs were highlighted.
Read moreRetired IAM member Tom McCormack started Panama’s first ever breast prosthetic program. With the help of his retired IAM brothers and sisters this one act morphed into so much more as he began to see what the people of Panama truly needed.
Read moreWomen’s work is often undervalued in the United States and around the world. The National Organization for Women’s 2012 Conference discussed conditions women deal with on the job, whether it be domestic work, hotel work or retail.
Read moreAbout ten members of various unions within the U.S. Postal Service spent a week in Washington, D.C. without food in hot and humid conditions. The group protested a 2006 congressional bill they say is designed to destroy the post office by ultimately privatize the agency.
Read moreVoter Education and Ballot Box Access are important priorities for the National Organization for Women, the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the American Association of University Women. These issues were discussed at NOW’s 2012 National Conference, where all agreed to work together to fight voter suppression laws.
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