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How the ‘Build Back Better’ plan saves money and lives

The answer lies in an expansion of the strategy that held the line against poverty in 2020 and that helped America out of the Great Depression.

$12 minimum wage hike clears key Senate committees

“Without a dramatic change in economic policy to create a more equitable system that works for everyone, the working folks who make up the backbone of Hawaiʻi’s economy and who are its social fabric will no longer be able to remain in Hawaiʻi.”

It’s time for Hawaiʻi to tax the rich

“We are facing an urgent test of our moral character,” writes State House Rep. Jeanné Kapela, a former board member for Young Progressives Demanding Action.

Key Hawaiʻi House committees approve minimum wage increase, earned income credit

Young Progressives Demanding Action argues that the proposed minimums are far less than the more than $17 per hour that’s needed for a single adult to afford their basic needs.

YPDA opposes harmful Public Charge rule change, stands with immigrants

Economic JusticeWill CaronDecember 5, 2018immigrant, immigrants, immigration, American Dream, opportunity, Economy, Economic Justice, economic opportunity, Hawaii

YPDA joins community groups in supporting the UNITE HERE! Marriott strike

Economic JusticeWill CaronNovember 15, 2018Sheraton WaikikiUNITE HERE! Local 5, Union, Unionization, Union Strong, Labor, Economy, Cost of Living, One Job Should Be Enough, #1Job, Hawaii, Strike, Workers' Rights, Human Rights