May 2008 Edition |
| Moving Forward by Leslie Moody, Partnership Executive Director Read about the role of the Partnership at this year's Good Jobs First conference in Baltimore. |
| One Hill Coalition Achieves Historic Milestone by Tom Hoffman, Pittsburgh UNITED Executive Director A tentative agreement is reached for the first CBA in Pittsburgh! Read more about this landmark victory to guarantee that development of the new Penguins hockey arena and surrounding land is a source of middle-class jobs, affordable housing, and opportunity for working families. |
| Movement to Build Oakland for Everyone Continues to Grow! by Kate O’Hara, EBASE Community Benefits Program Director Read about the progress Oakland Network for Responsible Development (ONWRD) has made since the Building Oakland for Everyone summit. ONWRD is convened by EBASE. |
| Working Partnerships USA Launches Campaign to Expand Living Wage to San Jose International Airport by Working Partnerships USA Read about WPUSA's call to the City of San Jose that it provide a living wage for everyone that works at the Mineta San Jose International airport. |
| Workers, Clergy and Community Celebrate Passage of Historic CRA Construction Policy by Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Read about LAANE's passage of the Construction Careers and Project Stabilization policy, a landmark victory ensuring that low-income workers and their communities benefit from jobs created by city redevelopment projects. |
| Rallying to Ensure that Union Station Works for Denver's Working Families by FRESC Read about FRESC's April 14th march and rally to City Hall calling on the Mayor of Denver to ensure that community benefits are part of redevelopment of Union Station. |
| GJLN: Harnessing the "Power of the People" to Move Campaigns Forward by Pam Fendt, GJLN Executive Director Read about GJLN's latest campaigns to build power for working families in Milwaukee. |
