Category Archives: Jobs with Justice

One Thousand Atlantans Rally for $15 Minimum Wage

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By Julian Plowden, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News   (APN) ATLANTA — An estimated one thousand people, most of whom represented minimum and low wage workers, rallied outside of local Atlanta McDonald’s, Burger King, and Walmart businesses on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.   This protest was a joint action in a wave of other protests happening nationwide on the […]

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Clayton County Immigrants Thankful for Sheriff Hill’s Practice Changes

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(APN) ATLANTA — Immigrants’ rights advocates in Georgia celebrated two major victories in recent days.  First, on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill’s office announced it will no longer detain undocumented immigrants longer than usual in order for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to apprehend and deport them. The following day, U.S. President Barack Obama announced […]

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