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One year ago, on Dec. 10, 2012, International Human Rights Day, CWA, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and NAACP launched the Democracy Initiative. Since then, other large membership organizations have signed on, representing 20 million activists. The Democracy Initiative is focused on three of our four democracy blocks: voting rights, money in politics, and Senate rules reform.

In an effort to encourage voter registration drives, the CWA Human Rights department has compiled a set of guidelines for each state. These guidelines should be followed to ensure that all voters wishing to register have the opportunity to do so.

AFL-CIO convention delegates put new emphasis on organizing, building partnerships with community allies and other strategies to restore bargaining rights and make democracy work for working families.

The Democracy Initiative and Demos co-sponsored a Capitol Hill briefing for congressional staff on the new report ?Stacked Deck: How the Dominance of Politics by the Affluent & Business Undermines Economic Mobility in America.?