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Our Vision: GCC imagines a Greater Cleveland with a thriving economy that provides meaningful job opportunities for all.
Our Victories: Other Industrial Areas Foundation affiliates have achieved major victories in the area of jobs, including:
- Conceiving of and implementing the first living wage ordinance in the country in Baltimore.
- Creating an innovative weatherization jobs program for chronically unemployed workers in Seattle and Washington, DC.
- Advocating for funds for youth summer employment in DC, Baltimore, Boston, Howard County, MD, and Montgomery County, MD.
Find our more at: http://www.metro-iaf.org/issuesvictories/80%20
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Rebuild American infrastructure? Companies’ offshore profits can help
America needs investment in its infrastructure. We need someone to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into for-profit trains, roads, airports, clean electricity generation, high-voltage transmission lines and more. As former Treasury secretary Larry Summers has noted, the nation’s commercial and residential housing stock probably does not need to be increased, but it could be improved in quality by replacing windows, insulation and monitoring systems, which save more in energy spending over time than would be spent on the renovations.
Greater Cleveland Congregations Pledges to Use Interfaith Muscle for Social Justice
Just as tough economic times are prompting local governments to work more collaboratively, some of Greater Cleveland's most influential churches are banding together to find solutions to common problems. ideastream's David C. Barnett reports that about 40 mosques, temples and churches are planning to use their influence to push for social justice issues.
"Against Learned Helplessness" by Paul Krugman from the NYT
Unemployment is a terrible scourge across much of the Western world. Almost 14 million Americans are jobless, and millions more are stuck with part-time work or jobs that fail to use their skills. Some European countries have it even worse: 21 percent of Spanish workers are unemployed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/opinion/30krugman.html?ref=opinion
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Ohio House keeps Medicaid discussion going
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Cleveland's Jewish Community Rallies for Medicaid Expansion
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