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Category Archives: In The News
Upcoming Event: 3 Day March For Education Justice
Action Now joined the Chicago Teachers Union, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, SEIU Local 1 and many others for a press conference at Mayo Elementary to announce plans for a 3 Day March For Education Justice called “Our City, Our Schools … Continue reading
Posted in Education, In The News
Tagged 3 day march, action now, chicago board of education, chicago mayor, chicago teachers union, corporate education reform, cps, cpsclosings, ed reform chicago public schools, education justice, EDUJustice, karen lewis, kenwood oakland community organization, KOCO, rahm emanuel, save our schools, school closings, seiu local 1, student achievement, violence
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Keep Chicago Renting!
Action Now is a member of the Keep Chicago Renting coalition which seeks to help renters living in foreclosed buildings. Renters are often forced out of their homes, not because they failed to pay rent or violated their lease, but … Continue reading
Action Now Marches In Solidarity With Low Wage Workers On Strike!
On April 24th, 2013 Action Now joined hundreds of fast food and retail workers that walked off their jobs to strike for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without intimidation from their … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Minimum Wage
Tagged action now, Alderman Toni Foulkes, big business, ceo, community, corporate greed, fair pay, fast food, ff15, fight for 15, hard work, jobs, living wage, low wage, minimum wage, profits, restaurant, retail, strike, strike for 15, wages, walk out, wocc, workers, workers organizing committee of chicago, working families
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Protest: Andrea Zopp Betrays Civil Rights Mission Of Chicago Urban League By Closing Schools
Members of the community organizations Action Now and KOCO are held a protest outside of the Chicago Urban League (CUL) on April 11th because Andrea Zopp, the CUL President, supports CPS school closings that will destroy the very communities that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, In The News
Tagged action now, African-American, andrea zopp, billionaires, black community, board of education, charter expansion, charter schools, chicago public schools, Chicago Urban League, children, civil rights, communities, corporate education reform, CPS closings, education, EDUJustice, human rights, kenwood oakland community organization, KOCO, neighborhoods, parents, privatization, school closings, students
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Action Now Mother’s Experience With Charter School Fines Makes News; Reflects For-Profit Mentality Of Ed Reform
Action Now mother Marsha Godard has been in the news lately speaking about her experience with having a son in a charter school that fines parents for students’ “misbehavior.” She has had to pay close to $2,000 in fines and … Continue reading
Action Now Joins Low-Wage Workers For Holiday Vigil, March & Arrests!
On December 22nd, Action Now members joined low-wage workers and supporters from Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana, ARISE Chicago, Albany Park Neighborhood Council, Stand Up! Chicago and others for a prayer vigil, march and sit-in … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Minimum Wage
Tagged action now, arise chicago, arrests, downtown chicago, fair pay, ff15, fight for 15, forever 21, holiday, labor, living wage, macy's, mcdonald's, min wage, minimum wage, poverty, raise the wage, sit-in, stand up chicago, union, victorias secret, workers organizing committee of chicago
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Neighborhoods March For Living Wage And The Growing Fight Of Low-Wage Workers!
On Thursday, December 13th, Action Now members joined the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago and other community, labor and faith organizations for a rally and march downtown to demand that retail and restaurant workers be paid a living wage to … Continue reading
