Politicians Target Social Services
Poor and working class communities, already hit hard by layoffs and shorter work hours from the recession, are about feel more pain as state and local governments cut health care, education, and other...
View ArticleCorporate Welfare: John Krenicki, Mitt Romney, paid not to work
San Francisco, CA - While millions of retired Americans are struggling to make ends meet and millions more working people who have been laid off don’t know how or if they can ever afford to retire,...
View ArticlePoor people take demand to MN governor: “Raise the welfare grants now!”
St. Paul, MN - People crowded into Governor Mark Dayton’s reception area, August 9, to tell him to “Raise the welfare grants” in the state of Minnesota. Despite harassment by capitol security, the...
View ArticleGetting ready for Jan. 8 protest to demand ‘raise the welfare grants’
Minneapolis, MN – Members of the Welfare Rights Committee and others gathered here, Jan. 6, to make signs and banners for the major Jan. 8 protest that will demand, “Raise the welfare grants; no more...
View ArticleMinnesota: Hundreds rally for justice on legislature’s opening day
St. Paul, MN – Hundreds of people filled the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda here, Jan. 8, the opening day of the state legislature, joining protests to demand justice. The Welfare Rights Committee put...
View ArticleNorth Carolina law would ban people who get welfare from playing lottery
Raleigh, NC – Republican state Representative Paul “Skip” Stam says he will introduce legislation that'll make it a crime for merchants to sell lottery tickets to people receiving public assistance or...
View ArticleMN Senate committee votes to double welfare grants
St. Paul, MN – A bill to double the welfare grants moved closer to passage, March 4, when members of the Senate Health, Human Services, and Housing policy committee passed Senate File 165. The bill...
View ArticleMN Welfare Rights Committee wins first welfare increase since 1986
St. Paul, MN - Because of the Welfare Rights Committee’s fierce battle at the State Capitol, the first increase for welfare since 1986 passed and was signed into law by the governor in late May. The...
View ArticleWelfare Rights celebrates victories, looks ahead to new battles
Minneapolis, MN - More than 40 members and supporters of the Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) gathered here, Aug. 10, to celebrate past victories and look ahead to future battles.Leaders of the WRC told...
View ArticleFootballs at the MN governor’s mansion: ‘Raise the welfare grants!’
Saint Paul, MN - Members of the Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) ‘huddled’ in front of Governor Mark Dayton’s mansion Sept. 25. After a rally and speeches, low-income people hurled footballs over the...
View ArticleLow-income families protest MN State of the State
St Paul, MN - On April 30, members of the Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) gathered outside the House Chambers of the Minnesota state capitol to protest Governor Mark Dayton’s State of the State address....
View ArticleWelfare Rights Committee celebrates victories, will fight to raise welfare...
Minneapolis, MN – About 40 members and supporters of the Twin Cities-based Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) came together here, Aug. 9, to celebrate the two-year battle to raise welfare grants. Speaking...
View ArticleLow-income people want welfare grants upped, set to picket opening day of MN...
St. Paul, MN - On Jan. 6, at 11:30 a.m., members of the Welfare Rights Committee will gather outside the capitol as legislators file into the building for the opening day of the legislative session....
View ArticleEnd the attacks on public assistance, demand our class gets what it deserves
Minneapolis, MN - This past spring, Missouri imposed a 45-month limit on how long poor families can receive federally funded welfare benefits, down from 60 months.States setting time limits like this,...
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