Advocacy Group Opinion News

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stop the Red Tape: L.A. Housing Advocates Wrap City Hall in 1,480-foot Red Ribbon...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For any other employer, it would have been an unprecedented move: on the first day of conciliation, on the first day of bargaining, before any negotiations had even been taken place, they called for a No Board. But this is typical behaviour from Julia Dumanian and Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). “Since taking over as CEO in 2015, there’s a deep feeling among workers that she’s tried to weaken our ability to advocate for ourselves while reducing the services we provide...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAGW named Sen. Warren April 2025 Porker of the Month for her efforts to expand the IRS's Direct File system to prepare and collect everyone’s taxes....

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UNITE HERE investor alert urges pension fund fiduciaries to pause new commitments to private equity funds investing in professional sports franchises....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Sarah, Duchess of York; Bill Nye, Science Educator and Global Citizen Ambassador; José Manuel Barroso, Professor, Chair of Gavi Board; Ashlyn Harris, Host of Wide Open Podcast, Creative Consultant, Entrepreneur & Retired Professional Athlete; James Blake, Award-Winning Music Artist; Laverne Cox, Emmy-nominated Actor, Producer, Advocate; and Seu Jorge, Actor, Composer & Performer have joined the gr...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research reveals the harmful impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug pricing provisions on biopharmaceutical investment, research and development, and patients’ treatment options. Vital Transformation’s research found that aggregate small molecule investments by companies valued at less than $2 billion dropped by 68% since the Inflation Reduction Act was introduced. Further, the study also found a 74% drop in the median size of aggregate investments into i...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Poll: A Majority of Americans Believe Breaking Up U.S. Tech Companies Will Put the United States at a Disadvantage vs. Adversaries like China...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The announcement by Doug Ford’s Conservatives of the expansion of “strong mayor powers” to an additional 169 municipalities is further undermining the fundamentals of democracy in our communities and enables personal political agendas to “trump” democratic process. “This expansion is disguised as a way to speed up housing and infrastructure projects, but make no mistake, this is the Conservatives' and Doug Ford’s way of ensuring that mayors can ram through his politica...

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2025 Provincial Budget took some modest steps to reinvest in public housing, our libraries, schools and universities, but it fell short on fixing the real problem facing public sector workers: every year we are expected to do our work for less pay. “It’s a horrible situation. This Government rewards public sector workers with a pay cut every year they continue to work,” said CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador president Sherry Hillier. “Wor...

PETERBOROUGH, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following a city council demand for $120,000 in budget cuts, the Peterborough Public Library management has informed workers they will be laying off three of the library’s four full-time unionized librarians. “What management is talking about is getting rid of three highly trained people each with more than 15 years of service at the library,” said Patricia Scoffield, president of CUPE 1833. “These aren’t people or positions that are easily replaced, and...