CAMPAIGNS
ADAPT // AFSCME Locals 2858, 2806, 3506 // IMPRUVE
Retirees Chapter 161 // Northside Action for Justice (NA4J)
Progress Center for Independent Living
Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP)
Long Term Congregate Care institutions (LTC, nursing homes et al.) are mostly
for-profit businesses whose owners maximize (Medicaid-funded) profit by mistreating
residents and exploiting workers.
Residents and staff in congregate institutions faced bad conditions, poor infection control, and retaliation against whistle-blowers long before the pandemic. Retaliation for speaking up and organizing, by bosses and facility managers, has long been both illegal and widespread.
Hear testimony from former facility residents.
HB3716 (summary here) has broad support from disability, community, labor, and senior groups.
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Between ending the COVID 'Public Health Emergency' (PHE) and adding new barriers ('work requirements' do NOT increase employment; they reduce benefits) millions of eligible persons are losing, or at risk of losing food and medical help.
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CCC students and teachers are working to
* restore classroom hours, and expand access
* bring greater democracy and accountability - see here
* improve community college over all
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Stop gentrifying luxury development by Lincoln Properties at Uptown's Weiss Hospital site.
To get involved: info@actionforjustice.org
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