Today is the Day to Give Your Peanut Butter Away!
Update May 12th, 2016: We've collected over 12,000 jars of peanut butter! Thank you to all of the Unions and individual donors that contributed this year to help feed hungry children! The Labor Agency would like to recognize the following groups for their donations and dedication to ending the summer hunger!: IBEW 483 Teamsters 117 WEA/TEA ILWU 23 Laborers 252 UFCW 367 AFSCME 120 NALC 130 IBEW 77 WFSE 53 IUOE
Why Cities Should Care about Family Financial Security
A city is only as strong as the people who live in it. When residents struggle to make ends meet, cities can too. Over the course of a year, roughly one in four American families at all income levels will lose a job, experience a sharp drop in income, or suffer an injury or illness that limits the ability to work. “This isn’t just a low-income issue, it’s a middle-income issue, and to some extent, it’s also a high-income issue,” said Caroline Ratcliffe, senior fellow at the U
