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Public Advocate Gotbaum to Introduce Bill to Help New Yorkers Seeking Public Benefits

May 23, 2006
Closing the Justice Gap
Arkansas Poised to Follow Michigan, Give Working Families a Raise

For Immediate Release

Monday, April 3, 2006

Contact Information:

Raj Nayak, 212-992-8639 or 312-399-9904 (cell)

Arkansas Poised to Follow Michigan, Give Working Families a Raise

Ballot Initiatives Spurs More States to Raise the Minimum Wage
April 3, 2006
Justice for All
Racial Justice
U.S. Continues to Violate International Law by Denying Latin American Temporary Workers Access to Labor Rights Lawyers

March 30, 2006
Closing the Justice Gap
Justice for All
Minimum Wage Hike a Victory for Michigan's Working Families

March 23, 2006
Justice for All
Racial Justice
Wage Hike At Risk Due to Lack of Awareness

For Immediate Release

Monday, February 27, 2006

Contact Information:

Annette Bernhardt, Brennan Center for Justice,

917 445-0410

Dorothee Benz, Brennan Center for Justice,

212 998-6318

Milan Bhatt, New York Immigration Coalition,

212 627-2227x233

Alex Navarro, Working Families Party,

917 502-0651
February 27, 2006
Justice for All
Racial Justice
Women in Prison Face Custody Battle

By Laurie P. Cohen, Wall Street Journal

February 27, 2006
Justice for All
Census Bureau Releases Superficial Report

For Immediate Release

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Contact Information:

Dorothee Benz, 212 998-6318

Kirsten D. Levingston, 212 998-6186

Census Bureau Releases Superficial Report On Prison Counts

Brennan Center Calls for Real Information to Achieve Census Goals of Accuracy and Fairness
February 23, 2006
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Redistricting
Arkansas Takes First Step to a Higher Minimum Wage

For Immediate Release

Monday, January 23, 2006

Contact Information:

Raj Nayak, 212 992-8629 or 312 399-9904 (cell)

Dorothee Benz, 212 998-6318

Neil Sealy, ACORN, 501 376-7151

Arkansas Takes First Step to a Higher Minimum Wage

Coalition Begins Gathering Signatures to Place Amendment on November Ballot
January 23, 2006
Justice for All
Racial Justice
<a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15wage.html>What is a Living Wage? The New York Times Magazine Showcases the Growing National Movement</a>

January 15, 2006
Justice for All
Racial Justice
Appeals Court Upholds Hudson County (NJ) Living Wage Law

For Immediate Release

Friday, October 7, 2005

Contact Information:

Paul Sonn, 212 998-6328

Ken Zimmerman, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, 973 624-9400 ext.23

Appeals Court Upholds Hudson County Living Wage Law

Confirms city power to set wage standards to protect working families
November 30, 2005
Justice for All
Racial Justice

Brennan Center for Justice

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Press Releases

Public Advocate Gotbaum to Introduce Bill to Help New Yorkers Seeking Public Benefits

Arkansas Poised to Follow Michigan, Give Working Families a Raise

U.S. Continues to Violate International Law by Denying Latin American Temporary Workers Access to Labor Rights Lawyers

Minimum Wage Hike a Victory for Michigan's Working Families

Wage Hike At Risk Due to Lack of Awareness

Women in Prison Face Custody Battle

Census Bureau Releases Superficial Report

Arkansas Takes First Step to a Higher Minimum Wage

<a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15wage.html>What is a Living Wage? The New York Times Magazine Showcases the Growing National Movement</a>

Appeals Court Upholds Hudson County (NJ) Living Wage Law

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