Sula Costa Daily NYC

Since President Obama entered public service, he’s been driven by a simple belief: in America, if you're willing to work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to get ahead and provide opportunities for your family. That means you should be able to thrive at work and at home -- and that you shouldn't have to dent your paycheck, or risk losing your job, to be a good mom or dad, or care for your aging parent. And if you’re willing to work full time, you definitely shouldn’t be forced to live in poverty. That's why the President has repeatedly called on Congress and leaders across our country in the public and private sectors to expand family-friendly workplace policies, such as paid family leave, paid sick days, equal pay for equal work, affordable child care, and a higher minimum wage. We're thrilled that today, New York State answered the call and took an important step forward for working families when Governor Cuomo signed a budget that included paid family leave and an increase in the minimum wage. With these measures, New York became the first state to create a paid family leave program since President Obama urged states to take action in 2014, as well as the 18th state to raise its minimum wage since he urged Congress to act in 2013. The President knows working families cannot wait for Congress to move our country forward. That's why he's made progress on his own by raising the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors, strengthening overtime protections, and protecting employees of federal contractors from being retaliated against by their bosses if they discuss their wages. Americans shouldn’t need to choose between their families and making ends meet. Thanks to Governor Cuomo’s and the state legislature’s leadership, New Yorkers will now move closer to never having to face that choice, by creating a culture that rewards hard work and empowers families. I hope you’ll join us in celebrating this accomplishment. Thanks for everything you do, Valerie Valerie Jarrett Senior Advisor The White House @vj44

Vencemos! Sim, conquistamos uma grande vitória após anos lutando ao lado do povo Munduruku! Unimos mais de 1,2 milhões de pessoas e conseguimos que a hidrelétrica de São Luiz do Tapajós fosse cancelada, salvando milhares de espécies da nossa floresta. Depois de muita pressão, em cima de órgãos governamentais para que licença ambiental da maior hidrelétrica pretendida fosse negada, e com o apoio de milhares de pessoas no mundo, barramos uma gigantesca obra que devastaria o coração da Amazônia! Porém o nosso trabalho está apenas começando, ainda há muito a ser feito! Barramos apenas uma das 43 hidrelétricas que o governo pretende construir. A nossa luta é para que nenhuma hidrelétrica seja construída na Amazônia! Hidrelétricas na nossa floresta não são solução! É possível gerar o mesmo nível de energia utilizando fontes verdes como a eólica e a solar sem precisar devastar o s2 da Amazônia. Precisamos de você. Venha lutar com a gente! Ajude a salvar o coração da Amazônia, vista a camisa por um futuro verde pacífico! JUNTE-SE A NÓS Labor Day is about more than picnics and parades. We celebrate this day to reflect on America's labor movement -- the men and women who have helped build this country and our middle class. Because they've spoken up together and demanded fairness, we can all enjoy things like the 40-hour workweek, overtime pay, minimum wage, safer workplaces, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, and retirement plans. For generations, hardworking Americans have been raising their voices, together. Giving people a voice at work -- the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create -- is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class. For the past seven and a half years, President Obama has worked not only to grow the economy but to create a balanced economy, where everyone's hard work is rewarded, where everyone gets a fair shake, where everyone has the chance to get ahead. Simply put, America is stronger when more people have more. As the President has said, all of that progress is stamped with the union label. And it's all fueled by a simple belief: that our economy works better when it works for everybody. That's the spirit that's made the progress of these past seven and a half years possible. Not only have businesses added 15.1 million jobs since early 2010, and we've seen the longest streak of total job growth on record, but we've cut the unemployment rate in half since the depths of the recession. So many American families are better off this Labor Day than they were seven years ago. But we still have work to do. We can only make progress -- like raising the minimum wage and expanding access to paid leave -- if hardworking men and women raise their voices. "History shows that working families can get a fair shot in this country -- but only if we are willing to organize and fight for it. So whether you simply talk to your coworkers about what matters to you, or take the step of joining a union, the power ultimately rests with you." -- President Obama So this Labor Day, read a special message from the President on the power of American workers, then learn more about how we've worked together to strengthen our voices in the workplace. Happy Labor Day. Let's continue standing with our workers -- not just today, but every day of the year. Tom Secretary Tom Perez Department of Labor @LaborSec 16TH SPAIN & LATIN AMERICA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE NETWORK EVENT, AUGUST 31, 2016 This Summer, the Spanish & Latin American Chambers of Commerce in the United States bring together their members for a dynamic event of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and networking.  This year over 150 international professionals are expected to gather at this networking evening in Manhattan. The event will be held at The Loft in Flatiron, located at 20 West 23rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10010 and will congregate top executives from the Chambers of Commerce of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico and Spain..