Michigan working families deserve state ballot vote for their economic future Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012 – President Leo W. Gerard of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement  today in an appeal to common sense economics over politics as a Michigan lame-duck legislative session by Republicans rams through a ‘right-to-work-for-less’[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2102.  Miles Rapoport, President of national policy organization Demos, released the following statement in response to Michigan’s State House and Senate suddenly passing bills Thursday to defund unions and undermine the ability of working people to organize for better pay and benefits: “What happened in Lansing on[Read More…]

Commentary By Rosemary Piser Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2012. Thirty-two years ago today, a mentally ill individual extinguished the life of John Lennon – a man who tried to teach the world how to live in peace. Today many of the Baby Boomer generation like myself, will spend some time[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Decmeber 7, 2012. The National Organization for Women applauds the Supreme Court for taking up the issue of marriage equality. The justices announced today that they would hear arguments in two such cases, one involving California’s Proposition 8 and another addressing the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012.  After a number of lower federal courts have ruled the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, unconstitutional in several different cases, the U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will consider a case that challenges the constitutionality of the law and review the lower federal court[Read More…]

PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. The United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statements on the Michigan’s legislature’s and Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s attempts to pass Right-To-Work (For Less) legislation: From USW International President Leo W. Gerard: “This move, coming only a month after the Election, is an obvious attempt by a lame-duck[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012. Today the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral argument in the case concerning Baltimore’s truth-in-advertising ordinance—the first of its kind in the nation—which requires crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post signs in their waiting rooms indicating that they do not provide[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012. Planned Parenthood Federation of America said yesterday that emergency contraception should be available over the counter without age restrictions, citing solid scientific and medical research showing that it is safe and effective in preventing unintended pregnancy. Planned Parenthood issued the following statement from Dr. Vanessa Cullins,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2012.  We welcome the news in this morning’s jobs report that the economy added 146,000 new jobs in November, bringing the unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent. But we remain a long way from full employment: almost 5 million Americans have been out of work for more[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2012. Political partisanship reigns supreme in Michigan today, thanks to a radical group of Republicans ramming through so-called right to work legislation in the lame duck session, despite massive protests in the state’s capitol building. The people in the capitol and around the state are demanding that[Read More…]