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AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Statement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on comprehensive immigration reform legislation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. The U.S. immigration system is broken. The legislation introduced today by a group of bipartisan senators takes a giant step toward fixing the system in a way that reflects America’s fundamental values. 11 million aspiring[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Says Bipartisan Immigration Bill Is an Important First Step
Calls for Additional Efforts to Expand Access to Health Care WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America released the following statement on the bipartisan immigration bill put forward today by the Senate’s “Gang of 8.” Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a member of the Alliance for Citizenship, a[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Gang of Eight Immigration Bill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. The bill introduced today is another step toward addressing a real crisis. The United States urgently needs a roadmap to citizenship for more than 11 million aspiring Americans. And while Washington, D.C., is full of legislative unveilings that dissolve into recriminations and unsolved problems, this time[Read More…]
NOW Supports Robin Hood Tax
NOW activists to join the Robin Hood Tax Campaign on Saturday, April 20, for a rally outside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank offices, and then a march to the White House and U.S. Treasury Department. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. The National Organization for Women is proud to announce[Read More…]
Supreme Court Rules in Missouri v. McNeely That States Cannot Routinely Compel Blood Tests in DUI Cases Without Consent and Without a Warrant
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. The ACLU welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision rejecting the proposition that states may routinely compel drivers to submit to a blood test in drunk-driving cases without consent and without a warrant. The following quote is from Steven R. Shapiro, ACLU national legal director, who represented Tyler[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry and Medina on Immigration Reform Bill
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSP)—April 17, 2013. After a bipartisan group of Senators released their immigration reform bill, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and SEIU Secretary-Treasurer, Eliseo Medina issued the following statements: Mary Kay Henry, SEIU International President: “Today’s announcement creates real hope for the vast majority[Read More…]
USW Study Warns Public about Dangers of Hydrofluoric Acid Use in Refinery Alkylation Process to Produce Clean-Burning Gasoline
More than 26 million are at risk of a Hydrofluoric Acid Release Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. A United Steelworkers (USW) study released today—“A Risk Too Great, Hydrofluoric Acid in U.S. Refineries”—warns that refiners that use hydrofluoric acid (HF) in their alkylation process to make clean-burning gasoline do not have adequate[Read More…]
Audubon Comments as Colorado River Named Nation’s Most Endangered
Audubon’s Western River Action Network Primed to Protect Endangered Waters Jim Trodel New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. Amidst dire news of continued severe drought throughout the West, American Rivers today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers. Topping the list for 2013 was the Colorado River. The National[Read More…]
Leading Researchers and Advocates Call for an End to Mass Incarceration
Critique Limitations of Current Justice Reinvestment Initiative NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. Today, a group of researchers, analysts, and advocates dedicated to ending mass incarceration in the United States issued a paper that traces the history and examines the impact of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) as spearheaded by the Council[Read More…]
