by Jessica Wisneski | Aug 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago I stood next to Jacquie, a fast food worker from Albany, as the New York Fast Food Wage Board recommended implementing a minimum wage increase for nearly 136,000 fast food workers in New York State. Jacquie works full time at McDonald’s, but even with...
by Jessica Wisneski | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today, advocates for a budget that represents all of New York came together to announce their “2012 Counter Budget.” This was released to remind Governor Cuomo and the state legislature of the issues they are neglecting as they make their final decisions...
by Jessica Wisneski | Sep 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last night, I received a note through the grapevine, letting me know that some newly homeless folks in Prattsville, New York needed some personal items. The list included a hairbrush, a pair of tennis shoes, and a pacifier for the baby (the baby’s is buried in mud...
by Jessica Wisneski | Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Where do these corporations get the nerve? When Citizen Action’s Policy Director Bob Cohen brought the “unemployment discrimination” issue up at our last staff gathering, I almost fell off my chair. The more I read more about it, the more infuriated I become! Have you...
by Jessica Wisneski | Aug 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Like everyone else who doesn’t have much invested in the stock market, I’ve only been listening with half an ear about the downgrading of America’s credit rating. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the complexities of our economy and how the...
