Sweet Victories: Lessons for 2012

From The Nation | By Katrina vanden Heuvel: As we head into 2012, there are a lot of questions about where the Occupy energy will go from here. I’m confident it will move in powerful directions–fighting unjust foreclosures and evictions, exploring alternative banking, taking on outrageous student debt, countering the corrosive role of corporate moneyContinue reading “Sweet Victories: Lessons for 2012”

The WA Family Leave Coalition congratulates the Seattle Coalition on passing paid sick days!

On September 23, 2011, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed the Seattle Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance into law following an 8 to 1 vote by the City Council. The campaign by the Seattle Coalition for a Healthy Workforce generated wide earned media coverage and more e-mails and phone calls to Council members than any issueContinue reading “The WA Family Leave Coalition congratulates the Seattle Coalition on passing paid sick days!”