Report: “Pointing Out: How Walmart Unlawfully Punishes Workers for Medical Absences” Executive Summary: Walmart is proud of its heritage as a family-founded company. Ironically, while the Walton family touts its family values, Walmart’s absence control program punishes workers who need…
Connecticut joins alliance committed to Paris climate accord By: MARK PAZNIOKAS | June 2, 2017, CTMIRROR.ORG Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Gina McCarthy, then the EPA administrator, charging an electric car in Hartford. Connecticut became one of the early states to…
New ad launched by SEIU/1199 says a fair and balanced budget would include tax revenue from the wealthy. Check it out
OMG — It’s Gone Up to $7.8 Billion! Report by: Americans For Tax Fairness WALMART ON TAX DAY: How Taxpayers Subsidize America’s Biggest Employer and Richest Family: Introduction On tax day, when millions of American taxpayers and small businesses pay…
Dreamers Continue Advocacy Effort by Jack Kramer, CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Trying to pass legislation to give immigrant students access to financial aid at Connecticut’s public colleges and universities has always been a toss-up issue, and the recent arrest of…
Do the Math: How Much Trump Could Raise U.S. Carbon Emissions A detailed analysis shows how much more CO2 each of Trump’s climate policy changes would send into the atmosphere By Annie Sneed, Scientific American Pres. Donald Trump has said…
Paid leave proponents say small businesses back their effort PATRICIA DADDONA – Hartford Business Journal An organization that supports establishing a paid family and medical leave program in Connecticut says 77 percent of the 243 Connecticut small business owners recently surveyed…
Senate GOP: Overhauling labor laws would save more than concessions By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | May 31, 2017, CT Mirror, KYLE CONSTABLE / CTMIRROR.ORG Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, is joined by other members of the Senate Republican…
Let’s eliminate the pharmaceutical ‘gag order’ that costs patients money Shaina Smith, U.S. Pain Foundation – in CT Mirror The U.S. Pain Foundation was founded back in 2003, and while we have grown to become the leading patient advocacy organization with…
What are Connecticut’s population trends and who is migrating? Primary Author: Manisha Srivastava, CT Office of Policy and Management – Contributor: Michelle Riordan-Nold, CT Data Collaborative – But there are positive trends. The state gains prime working age adults and…