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America the Vulnerable

The following is by John August, executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. Read the full version of his column is at L&M Partnership .

The U.S. Census Bureau released new measures of poverty in November. According to the New York Times , “All told 100 million people – one in three Americans – either live in poverty or in the fretful zone just above it.”

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Join a Noon Action to Stop Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Reopen FAA

Tomorrow at noon, activists with a number of organizations, including our friends at MoveOn.org , are planning visits to congressional district offices all across the country to demand that there be no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and that Congress stop the partial shutdown of the FAA .

Click here to find information and join in a demonstration at your representative’s office.

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Take Action

Sign the petition to raise the minimum wage

It’s been four years since low-wage workers got a raise. Sign the petition to tell Congress it’s time to raise the minimum wage.

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