Groundbreaking Analysis Proposes New Evidence-Based Sentences that Prioritize Public Safety NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population — 576,000 people — are behind bars with no compelling public safety reason, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of[Read More…]
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SEIU’s Henry: Trump Grossly Out of Touch With What Working America Needs, Labor Nominee Puzder Dead Wrong for America’s Working Families
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement on President-elect Trump’s intended nomination of Andrew Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, to be Secretary of Labor: “With the intended nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor, President-elect Trump has once again shown how[Read More…]
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Blasts Trump’s Anti-Jobs, Anti-Family, and Anti-Worker Labor Secretary Pick
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to news that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate the anti-family, anti-worker, and anti-jobs CEO of a fast food chain, Andy Puzder, to lead the Department[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces $18.6 Million Settlement with Drug Maker for Deceptive Marketing of Abilify
ttorney General Madigan & 42 Other Attorneys General Reach Settlement Over Drug Company’s Unapproved Marketing to Older Patients Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with 42 other Attorneys General, today announced a $19.5 million settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) over unfair and deceptive marketing of its[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, December 8, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 -12:43 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. I do not have any comments at the top so we can go straight to questions. Mr. Freking, would you like to go first? Q Sure. Thank you, Josh. So a Russian[Read More…]
If You are an Immigrant or Know Someone Who is, Plan to Attend the “Know Your Rights” Workshop on December 11
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. With the election of Donald Trump as our next president, our neighbors who are immigrants are understandably very concerned about their future in our nation. It is imperative that they, and everyone who is concerned about them, are fully aware of their constitutional rights and what to[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — US News and World Report: Justice Demands We Stop Jeff Sessions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 Justice Demands We Stop Jeff Sessions; Sessions can’t be trusted to be America’s top law enforcement official. By Bill Piper | Drug Policy Alliance As someone who has spent almost two decades working to end the drug war, I have very specific concerns about how Alabama[Read More…]
Trump Picks Anti-labor Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Hunter Pick any working class fight from the last decade: Trump’s appointing millionaires are on the other side of those exact struggles. For today’s entry into Trump appointments so ridiculous that they would have been considered satirical a scant few months ago, we bring you[Read More…]
Trump Goes Off on Carrier Workers Who Lost Their Jobs: They Should Have Spent ‘More Time Working’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Hunter If he can’t play their hero, he’ll subject them to death threats? That’s where we are now? As yet another reminder, this is not even remotely Freaking Normal: If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend[Read More…]
Carrier Union Boss Chuck Jones Just Wrote a Scathing Op-ed to Trump: ‘I’m Tired of Being Lied To’
INDIANA–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Walter Einenkel The Washington Post has published an op-ed from Chuck Jones, the president of Steelworkers Union 1999, recently made famous for his comments about Trump lying to the workers and the public about the “jobs” he’s saved. I’m a union leader in Indianapolis. I represent[Read More…]
