https://thepeopleslobbywins.org/home daily 1.0 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/f1d71a57-0087-4d6e-ba2c-12a5fb8122f1/IMG_0318.JPG Home - Building back better than before COVID-19 brought our old, broken system to a halt. We’re fighting to build a new one. 2020 was about supporting each other through the social, economic, and physical devastation of a historic pandemic. In 2021, The People’s Lobby has fought to create a new, post-COVID “normal” where the needs of people and the planet are the priority—not the profits of wealthy corporations and the super-rich. Though 2021 still presented unique challenges to building community and acting collectively, we won some truly transformative victories, passing historic climate change legislation, making Illinois the first state to completely outlaw cash bail, presenting a Budget for Black Lives at the county level, and working toward an economy that puts working people first with President Biden’s Build Back Better Plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/787d3630-f8d3-4d4d-a844-253c61f610ee/durbin_we_cant_wait+%2816+of+43%29.jpg Home - Vision and Mission The People’s Lobby is organizing for a world where every person and every community can thrive. We’re fighting to build a new economy and society that brings us closer to the economic, racial, gender, and environmental justice we all need and deserve. We know that such a transformative, systemic overhaul requires us not just to win big investments in people and communities, but to also elect people who share our values and priorities, and will govern in partnership with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/8231574f-986b-4486-970c-6a40ec610733/bail_rally_9_26+%2824+of+53%29.jpg Home - Ending Money Bond and Transforming Pretrial Justice Every year, Illinois incarcerates over 250,000 people in 92 county jails before trial. None of these people have been convicted of a crime, and most are jailed simply because they can’t afford to pay a money bond (commonly called cash bail). People who are incarcerated before trial often lose their jobs, housing, and custody of their children. After years of work from organizers, community leaders, people personally impacted by incarceration, and more, Illinois passed a massive criminal justice reform bill in January 2021. This bill includes the Pretrial Fairness Act, which makes Illinois the nation’s clear leader in reforming pretrial justice by ending the practice of money bond. As of 2023, Illinois will no longer incarcerate people before trial just for being poor. The People’s Lobby played a central role in making this happen, as one of the anchor organizations in the Coalition to End Money Bond and Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/fa238f98-9156-4fa3-bd48-00eb5d8ebaaa/brandon_tribune.gif Home - Calling for Federal Investment in Black Lives The American Rescue Plan sent more than $1 billion to Cook County for COVID relief and recovery. Continuing our divestment work from last year, the Budget for Black Lives coalition developed a plan to spend that money on the priorities identified by our South Suburban membership: housing, mental healthcare, and jobs, not additional funding for policing and incarceration via the Sheriff’s Department. We’ve engaged in large-scale public pressure to push Cook County officials to spend this money in 2022, and we will continue to hold them accountable to fostering safety and enriching Black communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/77e8b4ab-1cfa-4a6a-b67e-27a4e7feb0d0/000421610009.jpg Home - Demanding Funding for Climate, Care, and Citizenship After almost two years of sickness, fear, instability, and economic devastation caused by COVID and the government’s failure to respond to it, we’re finally on the precipice of winning some truly great things for our communities at the federal level: Medicare expansion, clean energy and other climate restoration, universal paid leave and pre-k, pathways to citizenship, and more. But the cozy and corrupt relationship between members of Congress and the billionaires and corporations who line their pockets in exchange for political influence threatens to derail this agenda. In 2021, we mobilized our members to meet with members of congress, phone banked voters in states where corporate Democrats like Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema oppose President Biden’s agenda, organized elected officials to take a strong stand in the media, and took direct action in the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/282d15f8-6345-46d0-98cb-1d6864c517f0/loophole_peeps.png Home - Closing $650M in Corporate Tax Loopholes We celebrated our largest corporate tax loophole win ever this year: together with allied organizations and state legislators we helped elect, we closed $655 million in corporate tax loopholes as part of the 2021 state budget! This will allow our state to spend money on things we need like health care, education, climate justice, and more. Along with our allies ONE Northside, Jane Addams Senior Caucus, and the Grassroots Collaborative, The People’s Lobby has fought for nearly a decade to close the loopholes that allow rich corporations to dodge their taxes by organizing dozens of direct actions, including our March to Springfield, which got more than 100 pieces of news coverage. Over the years, we worked closely with elected officials like State Senators Robert Peters and Ram Villivalam and State Representatives Delia Ramirez and Will Guzzardi (pictured, clockwise from top left) to introduce bills that would create corporate tax transparency and close half a dozen major loopholes, all of which laid the groundwork for this year’s win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/a9839cca-bf8b-41c4-8ced-fe0f0fe5b1ba/IMG_3086.JPG Home - Passing the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act [CEJA] Our years of organizing in partnership with the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition paid off this year when we finally passed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). This historic climate and energy legislation centers communities most impacted by the climate crisis and makes Illinois a national leader on climate action. CEJA will put Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy, close all coal and natural gas plants in Illinois by 2045 (with many closing much sooner), hold utilities accountable, and create good green jobs equitably across the state. Our leaders have been organizing around this campaign for years, from participating in listening sessions in the early days of bill writing, to lobbying meetings with legislators in Springfield, to multiple direct actions over the summer pushing Illinois Senate President Don Harmon to carry CEJA over the finish line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb0ad171ca05f08cb519b7b/45eed221-82ac-4471-979c-6a4b0e90eb86/8_31_lyft_hub+%285+of+14%29.jpg Home - Making Gig Jobs Good Jobs The People’s Lobby’s gig worker organizing team, Chicago Gig Alliance, works to improve pay and working conditions for app-based workers like rideshare drivers and delivery workers. In 2021, we made real progress in our fight to regulate the gig industry and protect workers from rampant corporate greed. When Alderman Brendan Reilly of the 42nd ward filed an ordinance to cap surge pricing for Uber and Lyft, we organized a series of meetings with him that ultimately convinced him to amend his ordinance to include safety standards, yearly raises, and penalties for passengers who make false accusations against drivers. 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