At a press conference in Des Moines today,Sue Dinsdale Executive Director of Iowa Citizen Action Network who also is a member of the raise the wage coalition that favors gradually increasing the minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $10.10, said she tried and failed to make it on $77 that a low-wage worker has … Read more
For Immediate Release: March 19th, 2014 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0530 On Monday, March 24th, a coalition of small business owners, community organizations, labor organizations, and faith leaders will launch Raise the Wage Iowa in support of raising the minimum wage. Twenty organizations have joined the statewide coalition in support of the campaign and … Read more
It’s crazy time again in Washington, D.C. It seems some Republicans are so enraged that millions of Americans will start getting health care thanks to the Affordable Care Act that they are willing to go to any lengths to stop its implementation. In the House, they’ve voted 42 times to defund, overturn, delay and otherwise … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Megan Smith OCT. 1, 2013 319-558-6795 IOWA FAIR SHARE HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL DAMAGE FROM GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, DEMANDS THAT CONGRESS GET BACK TO WORK Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa Fair Share today laid out the tremendous impact of the government shutdown and demanded that Congress pass a clean, continuing resolution to put government … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 CONTACT: Sue Dinsdale EMAIL: sdinsdale@iowacan.org PHONE: 515-480-3240 Iowa Residents Petition Members of Congress to End Political “Hunger Games” in Response to Proposed SNAP Cuts Don’t Take Food from Kids While Protecting Corporate Tax Loopholes Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa Citizen Action Network delivered a petition to US Representative Tom Latham’s … Read more
Dinsdale was from one, of about 5 Iowa organizations, chosen to talk at the Alliance for Retired Americans convention about the work of their individual organization in Iowa and around the nation. To read excerpts from that presentation click here. To reach Sue Dinsdale, Executive Director of Iowa Citizen Action Network and ICAN Education … Read more
Paycheck Fairness on Agenda for Women’s Economic Press Conference As released in mid-July, ICAN and Main Street Alliance member ReShonda Young of Waterloo was invited to speak at a press conference on the US Capitol Steps in conjunction with Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic Women’s announcement of their economic agenda for women. ReShonda gave a … Read more
Sábado, 27 de julio 2013– 2:00 pm Únase a nosotros con los amigos y la familia para pedir a la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. y el Rep. Tom Latham votar a favor de una reforma migratoria ahora. Este evento incluirá música, altavoces, payasos, bebidas y más para la gente de todas las edades y … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Sue Dinsdale, Iowa Citizen Action Network sdinsdale@iowacan.org 515-480-3240 Iowa Main Street Alliance Leader and ICAN member ReShonda Young to Join with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi at the US Capitol Announcing The Economic Agenda for Women and Children Iowa Small Business Owners also set to meet with Members of Congress **To … Read more