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Protect Retirement Security
Under President Obama, the Department of Labor approved a rule stating that financial advisers must work in the best interest of their clients. Now, the Trump administration is trying to roll back this critical rule.
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Don't Take Away Our Health Care
The Republicans’ terrible new health care bill will confiscate health care benefits from millions of people, hand a big tax break to the wealthy few while taxing working people’s health benefits.
Protect Working People from Predatory Lending Practices
Congressional Republicans just introduced the Financial Choice Act, a bill that would eviscerate critical financial regulations and expose us to the same predatory lending practices that led us to financial ruin less than a decade ago.
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Big Banks Need a Watchdog
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau safeguards Americans against the deceptive and abusive practices of big banks, student loan servicers, credit card companies and predatory lenders.
We Need Company Pay Transparency
Seven years ago, Congress passed a law that included a rule requiring all publicly traded companies to disclose their CEO-to-worker pay ratio. But Wall Street and big corporations have lobbied hard to stop the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from enforcing this rule. It’s time to change that.
Wall Street Should Pay Their Fair Share
Tell Congress to close the tax loopholes that let Wall Street, big corporations and the super rich avoid paying their fair share.
Tell Congress That Right to Work Is Wrong
Right to work laws cut our pay and benefits, weaken workplace safety and make it easier for greedy CEOs to ship our jobs overseas.
Tell Congress: Get Rid of Tax Loopholes for Wall Street Billionaires
Tell Congress to stop putting billionaires before working people and close the carried interest tax loophole for Wall Street executives now.
Protect the Right to Vote
The right to vote for millions of Americans is in jeopardy. Tell Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act.
We Need Equal Pay and Paid Family Leave
Too many working people don’t have access to paid leave to care for themselves or loved ones—and too many women are still paid less than men for the same work.
A Fair Return on a Day's Work
Ninety percent of Americans' wages are lower today than they were in 1997. Tell Congress to raise the minimum wage and give equal pay to women.
Fix Our Crumbling Bridges and Schools
Tell Congress to support legislation to fix our crumbling infrastructure to create good union jobs and keep our communities safe.
Nike Should Allow Independent Inspections
Tell Nike to allow independent monitors into its factories around the world to make sure the rights of working people aren’t being violated.
End ‘Golden Parachute’ Payouts for Wall Street Executives
Corporations and Wall Street shouldn’t give huge “golden parachute” payouts to executives who leave their companies to take government posts.
Stand in Solidarity with AT&T Workers
Working people at AT&T’s wireless division are fighting to save good jobs, but company executives want to cut vital benefits and outsource even more jobs.
Expand Medicare. Don’t Cut It
Medicare Is vitally important for millions of people, but extreme Republicans in Congress are pushing to privatize and undermine Medicare benefits.