Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. Working women and men urgently need a voice on the job today, but the sad truth is that it has become more difficult for them to have one, as today’s figures on union membership demonstrate. Union membership impacts every other economic outcome that matters to all[Read More…]
Opinion
Union Membership Rate in 2012 is 11.3%, Down From 11.8% in 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2013. In 2012, the union membership rate–the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of a union–was 11.3 percent, down from 11.8 percent in 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.4[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Center also releases new video starring Mehcad Brooks (True Blood, Necessary Roughness) to celebrate the landmark court decision NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2013. On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that recognized a woman’s right to abortion, the Center for Reproductive Rights[Read More…]
Internet Banging: Gangs Use Social Media to Trade Insults, Threats
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2013. Gangs now occupy two spaces: the streets and the Internet. A new University of Michigan study reports that, in addition to carrying guns, gang members have armed themselves with social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to incite dares, trade insults or make threats[Read More…]
Forty Years After Ruling, Support for Roe v. Wade Grows in Face of Ongoing Attacks
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2013. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision that affirmed a woman’s right to abortion. On this day we remember the countless women who died from unsafe abortions prior to Roe. Those brave women[Read More…]
Why People Who Hate Drugs Should Want to End the Drug War
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 18, 2013. Editor’s Note: Commentary republished with the express permission of the author. Huffington Post Why People Who Hate Drugs Should Want to End the Drug War, Tony Newman, 01/17/2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/why-people-who-hate-drugs_b_2497780.html Many people hate drugs. It is easy to see why. Most families have had a loved[Read More…]
NOW Supports President Obama’s Goal of Reducing Gun Violence in U.S.
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2013 The National Organization for Women applauds President Obama and Vice President Biden for taking swift action after last month’s devastating shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. We strongly support the administration’s admirable goal of reducing gun violence[Read More…]
To The Editor: Prairie State Board Hiring Friends and Relatives
To The Editor: When citizens and the press do not monitor the workings of government, democracy withers. Such is the case with Prairie State College. The Board of Trustees has successfully begun using the college as a location for the hiring of friends and relatives, even changing requirements for specific[Read More…]
Study: Per Se Drugged Driving Laws Have Little Or No Impact On Traffic Deaths
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The imposition of so-called per se drugged driving laws, which create new traffic safety violations for drivers who operate a vehicle with the presence of trace amounts of certain controlled substances and/or their inert metabolites (byproducts) in their blood or[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Outlines 13 Recommendations to Prevent Gun Violence in America
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2013. One month after the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and days before Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce his policy recommendations to curb gun violence, the Center for American Progress today outlined 13 common-sense legislative proposals and executive actions to prevent[Read More…]
