Tag: ALICE

Spending Welfare Money On Scholarships For Affluent Students, States Taking Credit For Donations By Churches: Failures Of TANF – Biden Admin Rolls Out Overhaul Of Welfare System To Close Loopholes
Biden Administration to Overhaul Welfare Following ProPublica Reporting by Eli Hager ProPublica is a Pulitzer…

HELP Committee Meeting: Standing Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving Lives of Working Families
HELP Committee to Hold Hearing with Union Leaders on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight…

HELP Committee To Hold Hearing With Union Leaders Regarding Historic Gains, Wins For Working Class Americans
NEWS: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing with Union Leaders on Labor Movement Resurgence and the…

Tentative UAW Strike Deal Includes 25% Wage Increase, Cost-of-Living Allowance, Temp to FT Worker Conversions, Other Benefits
United Auto Workers union hails its tentative strike-ending deals with Ford and Stellantis that would…

UAW Says EV Workers Should Be Paid Fairly – Not Half Of Previous Car Manufacturers Wages – United Auto Workers Union Strike Likely In Coming Weeks
US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers − with wages…

Sen. Sanders, Other Pols Promise Not To Intervene In Case Of UPS Workers Strike For Collective Bargaining To Obtain Better Working Conditions, Wages, Healthcare, Retirement
In Letter to Teamsters, 28 Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS…

National Right To Work Act Bill Reintroduced By Sen. Rand Paul – Act Makes Unions Unable To Charge Dues To Workers Who Choose To Forego Representation, Weakening Unions Ability To Fund Themselves
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces National Right-to-Work Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul…

Barbara Ehrenreich Brought Light To Worker Inequality, Her Work May Have Helped Reinvigorate Unions
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement…

While Need For Welfare Grows, States Hoard $5.2 Billion In Unawarded Welfare Funds Meant For Their Poor
This story originally appeared on ProPublica Bonnie Bridgforth supported five children with an $8.50-an-hour job…

The ALICE Project: An Interview With Keith Barsuhn of the United Way
ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. These are the people in our towns and…

Press Release: Survey of ALICE Project Households, Those Living Below A Sustainable Increasable Income While Being Employed Full-Time
Editor’s Note: ALICE Families are defined on a state-by-state basis, which makes for a more…

In/Vulnerable: Inequity In The Time Of Pandemic
Created in collaboration with and illustrated by Thi Bui, Investigative Reporting Workshop The COVID-19 pandemic hit…