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The Employee Free Choice Act 101

What is the Employee Free Choice Act? Why do we need it? David Madland and Karla Walter explain and fact check conservative claims.

Publications

Change for America A progressive blueprint for the 44th president, edited by Mark Green and Michelle Jolin, with an introduction by John Podesta.

Lifetime Losses A new report from Jessica Arons shows that over a lifetime of work, women and their families face sizeable shortfalls in income.

Enforcing Change Report from David Madland and Karla Walter outlines five strategies for the Obama administration to enforce workers’ rights at the Department of Labor.

Multimedia & Video

How Not to Form a Union Animation from the American Worker Project shows how labor law gives workers a raw deal, taking you step-by-step through the union process.

Map: The Career Wage Gap An interactive map illustrates the gaps in pay for women on different education levels and occupations across all 50 states.

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Labor & Work | March 11, 2010

Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women

CAP Action Senior Economist Heather Boushey testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Immigration | March 9, 2010

A Promise Deferred Is a Promise Broken

Latinos expect President Obama and Democrats in Congress to deliver on immigration reform, and no reform may mean no support come election time, writes Henry Fernandez.

Labor & Work | March 4, 2010

Data Matters

David Madland and Karla Walter on how the nation’s top labor cop can use data to drive enforcement and protect American workers.

Health Care | February 26, 2010

Making Things Worse

Karen Davenport explains that conservatives' actual reform proposals would exacerbate already existing problems in our health care system.

Health Care | February 24, 2010

Wellpoint Raising Rates by Double Digits in at Least 11 States

Analysis from Scot J. Paltrow shows that California isn’t the only state seeing double-digit health insurance rate increases from WellPoint.

Poverty & Mobility | February 3, 2010

Rebuilding the Economy from the Bottom Up

The president’s budget request makes the right investments to help those hardest hit by the recession, writes Melissa Boteach.

U.S. Military | February 1, 2010

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell By the Numbers

This fact sheet shows the costs of an outdated and discriminatory policy.

Poverty & Mobility | January 28, 2010

Preserving the American Dream

Andy Stern and Anna Burger of the Service Employees International Union visit CAP Action to discuss the state of the American worker and how to retool our economy to put working families first.

| January 22, 2010

Getting Workers Back on Union Rolls

New data shows unionization rates remained virtually unchanged in 2009 despite Americans’ desire to join, write David Madland and Karla Walter.

Postsecondary Education | January 21, 2010

Working for a Living, Learning for the Future

A report by Louis Soares stresses the importance of improving a Workforce Investment Act system that allows working learners to obtain a postsecondary credential.

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