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Public policy should make life better for everyone, not just a select few. Throughout the year, Arise tracks a range of state and federal policy proposals and assesses what they would mean for Alabamians who are struggling to make ends meet. Our blog provides quick updates on these proposals and offers tips on what you can do to help build an Alabama where all people have an opportunity to reach their full potential.
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The federal policy fights and opportunities ahead for Alabama Arise
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Join Alabama Arise this holiday season!
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Alabama voted. Now let’s organize for a better state
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Alabama Arise resources for the 2024 general election
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Learn the power of membership from four Arise members
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Here’s what Alabama Arise heard in 2024!
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Pres Harris celebrates three decades of organizing and community involvement
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A note on this year’s Annual Meeting voting
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Diverse membership is our power
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How Alabama can build an economy that works for workers
Labor Day is a holiday where we can reflect on the contributions that working people – and the unions that workers form to build power together – have made to the well-being of all people in the United States. These contributions include overtime pay, a five-day workweek, child labor protections and workplace safety standards.
These advances for working people didn’t come easily. Workers won them through strikes, pressure and solidarity. These advances came in the face of overwhelming opposition by bad employers that would have rather seen their workers die than to win workplace democracy.