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The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups. The Workers Circle — a Jewish progressive activist group that runs a robust program of Yiddish classes and more recently has emphasized advocating for democracy — said it is pulling out of the Conference of Presidents over disagreements about policies in the United States, discourse on Israel and how to define antisemitism. 

WASHINGTON—Saying 28 million U.S. workers would get a pay raise, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., plus 29 other senators, introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, and entirely eliminate the so-called “tipped minimum wage,” raising those workers to minimum-w...

In an important dissent, the Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations over its failure to condemn Israel’s judicial reform.

The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups. 

(JTA) — The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups.