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CPC Stands with Working Americans as Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case that Threatens Collective Bargaining

September 29, 2017

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear Janus v. AFSCME, a landmark judicial case that would reverse the actions of Abood v. Detroit Board of Education and weaken the power of workers to bargain collectively to advance their interests. The Congressional Progressive Caucus affirms its support for the right to organize and denounces the special interest funded agenda seeking to cripple organized labor in the following statement.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Demands NAFTA Renegotiations Include Fair-Trade Principles

August 16, 2017

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations that are set to kick off today. Since its implementation in 1994, NAFTA has cost millions of jobs, increased economic inequality, undermined labor rights, degraded the environment, and forced millions of Mexican workers to migrate.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Demands Firing of White Supremacists from the White House, Removal of Confederate Statues in the U.S. Capitol, and Reopening of DHS Right-Wing Extremism Division in Response to Violence in Charlottesville

August 14, 2017

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement responding to the violent attacks perpetrated by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, which included the murder of Charlottesville resident Heather Heyer.
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