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ORLANDO, Fla. Friday was the warm-up act at TPAC (get it?), where 2024 GOP hopefuls like
Advocacy needed more than ever on behalf of CU members Ryan Donovan
The advocacy challenge ahead is maintaining progress and taking advantage of opportunities in a different political environment, wrote CUNA Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan Donovan in
Credit Union Times this week, as CUNA prepares for its annual Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC). Donovan notes that the credit union advocacy goal is intentional and has resulted in many victories in recent years.
“We were able to achieve all of this because we have a strong advocacy goal, a strategy that works, and an agenda that is credit unions’ agenda.
The advocacy challenge ahead is maintaining our progress and taking advantage of opportunities in a fundamentally different political environment.
NAFCU s Hunt goes to bat for CU advocacy in new op-ed cuinsight.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cuinsight.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, part of one of the world’s largest wholesale distribution centers, have been striking since Jan. 17. Contract negotiations between workers and management broke down two weeks ago, Gothamist reports. Union members asked for a $1 per hour raise plus greater health coverage; owners countered with a 32-cents-per-hour wage increase, plus an additional 60 cents per hour going to health coverage. At that point, nearly 1,400 workers walked off the job.
Charles Machadio, a trustee with the union, told Gothamist that the workers, who distribute 60% of NYC’s fruit and vegetables to supermarkets and restaurants, deserve more than $1, because the pandemic has proven how essential their work is.
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