Fight for $15: This campaign for $15/hr for employees of big box retail and fast food chains is both a legislative campaign and a “street heat” campaign directed at low-wage employers. We are working closely with labor unions and community groups in R...
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About the Fair Share Campaign To help working families and build a stronger economy for all of us, we need good public schools for our children, affordable higher education and a transportation system that gets people to work and customers to businesses. ...
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This week, MCAN and our partners at Raise Up Massachusetts launched the Fair Share Amendment Campaign, and our signature gathering period has officially begun. Will you join us in collecting signatures? Email info@mcan-pico.org and we’ll mail you petiti...
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A Time of Reflection and Recommitment to Justice In the Jewish community, we are heading next week into the High Holidays. It is a time of year when we reflect on our actions, reevaluate our lives, and recommit ourselves toward living holier and more ju...
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With the support of leaders, organizers, and volunteers across the state – in congregations and supermarkets – MCAN collected over 22,000 signatures (the most of any 501c3 org)! What a victory. As a coalition, Raise Up MA collected over 155,00...
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This fall, MCAN collected 22,000 signatures – the second most signatures of any organization – and with all of our partners at Raise Up Massachusetts, we collected more than 158,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot our constitutional amend...
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On Wednesday, May 18, the State Legislature will vote on our Fair Share Amendment. If at least 50 of 200 legislators vote in favor, the amendment moves on to the next stage in the Constitutional Amendment process. We need to make sure we get those votes! ...
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Leave | Fair Share Amendment | Fight for $15 Paid Leave: BILL# H.2172 – Rep. Ken Gordon | BILL# S.1048 – Sen. Karen Spilka Fair Share Amendment: RaiseUp Massachusetts | Fact Sheet Fight for $15: BILL# H.2365 – Rep. Dan Donahue ...
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