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325 National and State Organizations National & State Organizations Endorsing ATF Campaign Principles As of September 11, 2013 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Bold = Steering Committee Member) 9to5, National Association of Working Women AFL-CIO AFL-CIO, Building & Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO, Department for Professional Employees AFL-CIO, Transportation Trades Department AFSCME Alliance for a Just Society Alliance for Retired Americans American Association of University Women American Federation of Government Employees American Federation of School Administrators, AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers American Society on Aging American Sustainable Business Council Americans for Democratic Action Bend the Arc: A Partnership for Jewish Justice Brandon and Associates Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Business for Shared Prosperity Campaign for America's Future Campaign for Community Change Center for American Progress Center for American Progress/ Half in Ten Center for Community Change Center for Effective Government Center for Rural Affairs Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Children's Alliance Children's Defense Fund Children's Leadership Council Citizens for Tax Justice CLASP (Center for Law and Social Policy) Clearinghouse on Women's Issues Coalition of Labor Union Women Coalition on Human Needs Communication Workers of America Colors United Community Action Partnership Demos Early Childhood Policy Research/ Alliance for Early Childhood Finance Economic Policy Institute Every Child Matters Fair Share Alliance Faith in Public Life Families USA Financial Accountability & Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition Friends Committee on National Legislation Friends of the Earth Generational Alliance Gray Panthers Health Care for America NOW! Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Lake Research Partners Leadership Center for the Common Good Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights League of Rural Voters Main Street Alliance Medicare Rights Center MoveOn.org National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for Hispanic Elderly National Association of Retired and Veteran Railroad Employees National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare National Council of Jewish Women National Council of La Raza National Education Association National Employment Law Project National Farmers Union National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Low Income Housing Coalition National Organization for Women National People's Action National Priorities Project National Senior Corps Association National Women's Law Center NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby New England Consortium Poverty Reduction Initiative OneAmerica People for the American Way Physicians for a National Health Plan PICO National Network Progressive Democrats of America Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Rebuild the Dream RESULTS Rising Tide Interactive Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Service Employees International Union Social Security Works Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice Teach Our Children The Arc The Tax Dodgers Transition Goshen Transport Workers Union UAW, International United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America United for a Fair Economy United Mine Workers of America United States Student Association United Steelworkers United Transportation Union-SMART USAction Voices for Progress Wider Opportunities for Women Working America Working Families Party Young Women’s Christian Association STATE ORGANIZATIONS Alaska AFGE Local 3937 Arkansas Arkansas Community Organizations Arkansas Arkansas Community Institute Arkansas Arkansas Interfaith Alliance Arkansas Arkansas Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice Arkansas Local 100 ULU Arkansas Teamsters Local 878 Arkansas OMNI Center for Justice, Peace, and Ecology California Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment California California Childcare Coordinators Association California Children's Defense Fund - California California Elsdon, Inc. California Greenlining Institute California Molina Healthcare of California Colorado 9to5, National Association of Working Women Colorado AFSCME - Colorado Colorado Colorado AFL-CIO Colorado Colorado Cross Disability Coalition Colorado Colorado Education Association Colorado Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute Colorado Colorado Progressive Coalition Colorado Colorado Progressive Coalition/Action Colorado Conservation Colorado Colorado Denver Area Labor Federation Colorado FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities Colorado Hispanic Affairs Project Colorado Legal Center for People with Disabilities Colorado New Era Colorado Colorado ProgressNow Colorado Colorado ProgressNow Colorado Education Fund Colorado Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center Colorado SEIU Local 105 Colorado Tennyson Center for Children Colorado Together Colorado Colorado Working America Connecticut Connecticut Association for Human Services Connecticut Connecticut Voices for Children Delaware Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, DE Chapter Delaware Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement Delaware Delaware Americans for Democratic Action Delaware Delaware Public Employees Council 81 AFSCME AFL-CIO Delaware Delaware State Education Association, DSEA Delaware Delaware State NAACP Conference of Branches Delaware Green Party of Delaware Delaware National Organization for Women, DE Chapter Delaware Progressive Democrats for Delaware Florida Florida Consumer Action Network Georgia Georgia Rural/Urban Summit Hawaii Hawaii State Teachers Association Idaho United Action for Idaho Illinois Citizens Action Illinois Illinois Housing Action Illinois Illinois IIRON Illinois Illinois Action for Children Illinois Illinois People's Action Illinois Lakeview Action Coalition Illinois Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) Indiana Fort Wayne Labor Council Indiana Let’s Move Michiana Indiana Michiana Move On Chapter Indiana North Central Indiana AFL-CIO Indiana St. Joe Peace and Justice Indiana St. Joe Valley Project – Jobs with Justice Iowa Iowa Citizen Action Network Iowa Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Kansas Kansas Action for Children Kentucky Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) Kentucky Kentucky Education Association Kentucky Kentucky Youth Advocates Maine Maine Center for Economic Policy Maine Maine Children's Alliance Maine Maine Equal Justice Partners Maine Maine League of Young Voters Maine Maine League of Young Voters Education Fund Maine Maine People's Alliance Maine Maine People's Alliance/Maine People's Resource Center Maine Maine Small Business Coalition Maine Maine Women's Lobby Maine Neighborhood Housing League Maine The Visible Community Maryland Maryland Budget & Tax Policy Institute Maryland Maryland Education Association Maryland Montgomery College Adult Education Adult Literacy Maryland Progressive Maryland Maryland SEIU 32 BJ (DC/MD/VA) Massachusetts Mass. Budget for All Coalition Massachusetts Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Massachusetts RESULTS Boston Michigan Citizens Against Government Overreach Michigan Coalition of Labor Union Women Michigan Communications Workers of America, District 4 Michigan Grey Panthers of Metro Detroit Michigan Michiana Peace and Justice Coalition Michigan Michigan AFL-CIO Michigan Michigan AFSCME Michigan Michigan Alliance of Retired Americans Michigan Michigan American Federation of Teachers Michigan Michigan Citizen Action Michigan Michigan Disability Rights Coalition Michigan Michigan Education Association Michigan Michigan League for Human Services Michigan Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network Michigan MICHUCAN Michigan Mothering Justice Michigan NASW – Michigan Chapter Michigan National Council of Jewish Women – Greater Detroit Chapter Michigan Progress Michigan Michigan Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice Michigan The Children’s Center of Wayne County Michigan UFCW, Local 951 Minnesota Minnesota AFL-CIO Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change Minnesota RESULTS Twin Cities, MN Minnesota TakeAction Minnesota Missouri Missouri Budget Project Missouri Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition Missouri Missouri Rural Crisis Center Missouri Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment Montana AFSCME Montana Council 9 Montana Big Sky CLC Montana Greater Yellowstone CLC Montana Indian People's Action Montana Magic City MoveOn Montana MEA-MFT Montana Missoula Area Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Montana Montana AFL-CIO State Federation Montana Montana Alliance for Retired Americans Montana Montana Health Care for America Now Montana Montana Community Organizations in Action Montana Montana Organizing Project Montana Montana Small Business Alliance Montana SEIU 775NW Montana Montana Southcentral Montana CLC Montana South West Central Labor Council Montana Southwestern Montana CLC Montana Strike Debt – Helena Nevada DREAM Big Vegas Nevada Nevada Desert Experience Nevada Nevada State Education Association Nevada Nevada Women's Lobby Nevada NV Lawyers for Progressive Policy Nevada Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) Nevada ProgressNow Nevada Nevada SEIU Nevada Nevada Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace Nevada Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada Nevada Unitarian Universalist, Northern Nevada New Hampshire Childrens Alliance of New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire Citizens Alliance New Jersey New Jersey Citizen Action New Mexico New Mexico Voices for Children Fiscal
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