May 5, 2012 - Posted by Ron Bigler
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Concerns about Higher GED Costs. As Education Week reported on Thursday, The Leadership Conference will be meeting with a senior executive of the GED Testing Service to allay concerns that plans to redesign the exam will make it cost prohibitive for lower-income people.
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New App to Fight Racial Profiling at Airports. At a press event held this week at The Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., the Sikh Coalition launched a new iPhone and Android application called FlyRights that makes it easier for travelers to submit complaints about airport security directly to the Transportation Security Administration.
- Women, African Americans Hit Hardest by Public-Sector Layoffs. A new briefing paper by the Economic Policy Institute finds that Women and African Americans comprised about 70 percent and 20 percent respectively of the 765,000 jobs lost in state and local government between 2007 and 2011.
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December 20, 2011 - Posted by Lexer Quamie
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights welcomed the Senate
introduction last week of the Clean Ports
Act to address growing labor and environmental concerns at many of the nation’s
ports and nearby communities.
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December 14, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler
With the financial security of millions of unemployed Americans on the
line, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is calling on
Congress to renew a payroll tax cut and extend emergency unemployment
benefits for 12 months without adding unnecessary and harmful
provisions.
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November 3, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler
Addressing the ongoing jobs crisis affecting millions
of Americans, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is supporting
passage of the 'Rebuild American Jobs Act' currently under consideration in the
U.S. Senate.
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November 1, 2011 - Posted by Tyler Lewis
This week, the
U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on the
Rebuild America Jobs Act, legislation that would create
hundreds of thousands of jobs by investing in the nation’s crumbling roads,
highways, and schools.
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September 14, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is calling on Congress to pass "strong, bipartisan proposals" contained in the American Jobs Act, provide help to struggling homeowners, and preserve recently-enacted consumer financial protections.
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September 14, 2011 - Posted by Avril Lighty
Census Bureau data released yesterday reveal significant increases in poverty and a weakened middle class in the United States, underscoring the urgent need for Congress to enact policies that create jobs and to protect programs that benefit low-income Americans.
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Plans for Job Creation
The United States is experiencing its worst jobs crisis since the Great Depression. (See Jobs Crisis Fact Sheet.) Nearly 16 million Americans—our family, friends, and neighbors—are out of work. This national crisis demands a bold plan to put people back to work.
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The Economic Policy Institute proposes the American Jobs Plan, a plan that would create at least 4.6 million jobs in one year
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The AFL-CIO has a five-point plan for immediate job creation includes increasing aid to state and local governments to prevent layoffs and maintain vital services, and creating jobs by repairing and building infrastructure.
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The Community Jobs Program developed by the Center for Community Change puts $40 billion in federal investment to work rebuilding communities and restoring dignity to families.
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The National Urban League 6-Point Plan for Job Creation directly addresses the dire need for jobs, job training, business investment and homeowner interventions in urban communities across the country experiencing chronic rates of unemployment.
Source: Jobs4AmericaNow.org
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