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Immigrant Workers Recover Nearly $400,000 in Wage Theft Settlements

February 15, 2012

Chinese Progressive Association Asian Law Caucus Progressive Workers Alliance PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 CONTACT: Shaw San Liu Winnie Kao Josue Arguelles IMMIGRANT WORKERS RECOVER NEARLY $400,000 IN WAGE THEFT SETTLEMENTS Collaborations with City and State
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PRESS RELEASE — Occupy San Francisco Sweeps Out the Greed of Wage Theft and Wall Street: Welcomes in the New Year of the Dragon, New Year of the 99%

January 20, 2012

Today, hundreds of community members from the Chinese Progressive Association and the Progressive Workers Alliance (PWA) took part in a national Day of Action with Occupy Wall Street West, which aimed to shut down San Francisco’s Financial District. The day is significant because it is the eve of the two year anniversary of the infamous Citizens United ruling that recognized corporations as “people,” and gave them new rights to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence political campaigns. This ruling by the Supreme Court effectively allows corporations to buy our elections and our politicians, and influences American politics to benefit the 1%. As a result of Citizens United, outside groups spent more than four times as much money to influence the 2010 elections as they did in 2006, the last mid-term cycle. Read More