Cristina Castro https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:13:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Cristina Castro https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 First Lady’s “Breakfast Tacos” Quote Part of Bigger Message Awaiting Country November 8 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/08/flotus-tacos/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:00:16 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=20790 Illinois Democrats Take Notice by Electing Latina to Lead State Democratic Party

by John Lopez

Pictured above:  First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Associated Press Photo

It started on July 11, in a speech in San Antonio, Texas, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden said the following, per the transcript from the White House with emphasis added:

“Raul [Yzaguirre] helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community—as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio—is your strength.”

… Continue Reading ]]> 20790 Workers’ Freedoms Including Classification, Right-to-Work, Illinois Law and the PRO Act Come to Forefront for 2022 Elections https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/workers-freedoms/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:00:40 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=19354 Written by John Lopez

Prologue:  On February 13, 2022, John Lopez called-in to the national radio talk show Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont and asked a question to Dan Ronan, associate news editor for Transport Topics, concerning worker classification in the context of independent trucking.  The relevant 2 1/2 minutes clip is cued from the YouTube livestream with the context of the question being California’s Assembly Bill 5 and unintended consequence of legislation targeting Uber and other app-based companies, and the direct impact to inflation and the supply chain challenges within the trucking industry.… Continue Reading

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