Action Network Fund

03/30/2017

Please add your name to this action by our friends at Keep Your Promises DuPont! Let's ensure clean drinking water for every community!

Scott Pruitt is now the head of the EPA, but during his confirmation hearing he promised to make C-8 water testing a priority. C-8 contamination ruins health, environments, and economies. C-8 is linked to kidney cancer, testicular cancer, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypert...

01/30/2017

Our partners Good Jobs Nation are speaking out against Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andy Putzer. Join the Puzbots here:

http://www.puzbots.com/

12/06/2016

12/01/2016

Letter sent to Action Network partners on 12/1/16 by Executive Director Brian Young.

07/15/2016

E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co (NYSE: DD) has filed a form 8-K with the SEC disclosing that the company received a letter from the Action Network Fund (ANF) that discusses...

05/12/2016

With residents in the Town of Hoosick and Petersburgh still dealing with compromised drinking water due to the presence of PFOA, Representative Chris

04/19/2016

's has contaminated the world:

Although PFOA was originally developed and manufactured in the United States, it’s not just an American problem.

04/15/2016

"Adjusted for inflation, nursing assistants’ wages have fallen 7 percent over the last decade."

Demand for nursing homes is about to skyrocket, but people who work inside those homes can barely survive on their pay.

04/15/2016

"The gender pay gap is even larger for women of color. African American women are paid 60 cents for every dollar paid to white men, and Latin American women make even less, at 55 cents for every dollar. All in all, the pay gap amounts to more than $10,800 in lost wages for the average woman each year."

It's 2016 and women still make less than men.

04/14/2016

Employees at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) deserve a union!

And now hospital workers are joining the cause.

04/01/2016

“It [$15 an hour] really makes a big difference,” said Mr. Alvarado, 29, who plans to use the money to buy clothes for his 11-year-old son. “I think everybody needs that extra money.”

While Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pushes for a higher hourly wage, the experience of one business illustrates the impact that such an increase could have on many companies.

03/31/2016

Kudos to these leaders for standing up for what's right!

They say the bill is bad for economic development.