Dear Editor, I am writing to strongly request that Mrs. Green’s Natural Market REHIRE the nine long term employees that it has fired for attempting to gain union representation. These nine workers have been employed by Mrs. Green’s for between 4 and 12 years and...
WESPAC promotes Economic Justice through promoting fair trade year round and helping to organize the annual Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival in White Plains. We also partner with the Wassaic Community Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) http://wassaiccommunityfarm.com. WESPAC is an active member of the Hudson Valley Fair Economy Coalition that meets monthly at the Union Hall in Port Chester, and we have taken a lead role in promoting a public bank for the State of New York. To get involved, please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or by email at [email protected].
Community Rally Opposed to Fast Track
Community, Environment, Faith and Labor Unions Call on Congress to Stop Fast Track for Job-Killing Trade Deal Fast Track Legislation for the TPP Would Slash Jobs, and Cut Environmental and Consumer Protections Advocacy groups from Westchester, including WESPAC, will...
Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival
2013 Fair Trade Postcard Final-1
Multi-stakeholder Governance
Harris Gleckman is also a member of WESPAC: http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000269
Chamberlain Vigil
We all pay for low wages
Connie Hogarth: We all pay for fast-food workers' low wages Oct. 17, 2013 | Taco Bell employee Shanise Stitt joing a rally in front of a Church's Chicken restaurant in Detroit on Aug. 29, as similar protests were under way around the nation. / FILE PHOTO/AP...
Impact of Detroit Bankruptcy on Working People
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/emergency-manager-throws-detroit-into-bankruptcy/51503/
Is Out-of-State Tuition Going out the Door?
http://www.onlinecolleges.org/is-out-of-state-tuition-going-out-the-door/
Austerity comes to America
An Econ-Atrocity/Econ-Utopia, brought to you by the Center for Popular Economics. Our EA/EUs are user friendly briefs on the bad (econ-atrocities) and the good (econ-utopias). Austerity comes to America by Gerald Friedman Professor of Economics, University of...
WESPAC in the news
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012306240057
