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Randy Friese, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ana Henderson

#LD9 Voters – Can’t Decide How to Vote? Watch the Debate (video)

The Arizona Clean Elections Commission recently hosted a debate between the three candidates vying for two seats in the Arizona House: Democrats Rep. Randy Friese and Pamela Powers Hannley (me) … Continue reading →

November 2, 2016

Zona Politics LD9 Interviews: There’s a Progressive in the House (video)

Primary races are good for the Democratic Party because they allow different opinions to be heard. Last night while watching the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the value of the Clinton … Continue reading →

July 26, 2016

Tucson Then & Now: How Far Have We Come in 35 Years? (video)

Tucson was a happening place back in 1981 when I moved here. Earthquakes in California and blizzards in the Midwest had prompted waves of migration to the sun belt. The … Continue reading →

January 5, 2016

$10.75/hour Median Wage? It’s Time to Break the Low-Wage Cycle in Tucson (video)

Last Wednesday was Women’s Equality Day, in commemoration of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in 1920. In commemoration, the Tucson Weekly’s Maria Ines Taracena … Continue reading →

August 31, 2015 · 3 Comments

Fast Food Workers in Tucson, Phoenix, & Nationwide to Strike on Sept 4

“All across the country right now there’s a national movement going on made up of fast-food workers organizing to lift wages so they can provide for their families with pride … Continue reading →

September 3, 2014

As Income Disparity Grows, Tucsonans Protest Low Wages at Walmart & McDonalds

Protests against the low wages paid by multinational corporate giants have been sweeping the country, since the Occupy Movement raised the consciousness of the 99%. On Black Friday, Nov. 29, … Continue reading →

December 18, 2013 · 2 Comments

Protest Low Pay for Fast Food Workers in Tucson on Dec 5

Across the US– and here in Tucson– citizens will be standing in solidarity with fast food workers who are demanding a living wage. The Tucson protest is at the McDonalds … Continue reading →

December 4, 2013

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

We are the 99%.

Protesting cuts to education

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

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I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

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The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

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Tag Archives: minimum wage

#LD9 Voters – Can’t Decide How to Vote? Watch the Debate (video)

Zona Politics LD9 Interviews: There’s a Progressive in the House (video)

Tucson Then & Now: How Far Have We Come in 35 Years? (video)

$10.75/hour Median Wage? It’s Time to Break the Low-Wage Cycle in Tucson (video)

Fast Food Workers in Tucson, Phoenix, & Nationwide to Strike on Sept 4

As Income Disparity Grows, Tucsonans Protest Low Wages at Walmart & McDonalds

Protest Low Pay for Fast Food Workers in Tucson on Dec 5

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