Updates : Fair Taxes & Economic Justice
With No Jobs at Home, Some Americans Look Overseas
Date:
12/09/2011 From US News & World Report:
Report highlights jobless workers' stories of frustration, despair and economic uncertainty
Date:
12/06/2011 From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Report highlights jobless workers' stories of frustration, despair and economic uncertaintyFriday, December 02, 2011, 6:30 PM Updated: Friday, December 02, 2011, 6:53 PM
Citizen Action/Illinois Stands with Congresswoman Schakowsky to Support Job Creation Legislation
Date:
08/11/2011 
Schakowsky Announces Bill to Create 2.2 Million Jobs
“Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act” Estimated to Lower Unemployment Rate by 1.3%
CHICAGO, IL (August 10, 2011) – Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of President Obama’s 18-member Fiscal Commission, announced she will introduce the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act, a cost-effective plan to put over 2 million people to work for two years.
Rep Schakowsky Talks Social Security with Illinois Progressive Organizations
Date:
06/10/2011 
On Friday, June 10th, Representative Schakowsky joined 17 organizations at a meeting sponsored by Citizen Action/Illinois. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the current attacks on Social Security and determine what can be done to stop cuts to this and other critical programs including Medicare.
In attendance:
