United for a Fair Economy (UFE) is a national Boston

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, Massachusetts-based movement support organization that highlights the detriments of uneven wealth distribution

Social class

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. UFE was co-founded by Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins is an author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is also cofounder of . He is an expert on U.S...

 and Felice Yeskel in 1995. It describes itself as "raising awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy

Economy

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, corrupts democracy

Democracy

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, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart...supporting and helping build social movement

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s for greater equality

Social equality

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." UFE is a national, non-partisan 501(c)3 nonprofit

Non-profit organization

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 and as a group is tax-exempt

Tax exemption

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. The current executive director

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 is Brian Miller.

Their main missions, actions and goals include:

• Fair Taxation - Working for fair and progressive taxes
  Progressive tax
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   at State and Federal levels, which includes efforts to preserve and strengthen the Estate Tax.
• Racial Wealth Divide - Working to raise awareness about the historical and contemporary barriers to upward economic mobility
  Economic mobility
  Economic mobility is the ability of an individual or family to improve their economic status, in relation to income and social status, within his or her lifetime or between generations...
  
   among people of color, and to promote a policy agenda that addresses the root causes.
• Responsible Wealth - A network of over 700 business leaders and wealthy individuals in the top 5% of wealth and/or income in the US who use their surprising voice to advocate for fair taxes and corporate accountability.
• Popular Economics Education - Using Popular Education
  Popular education
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   workshops and techniques to transform dry economic issues into valuable knowledge. UFE's workshops enable participants to relate to the material, empowers them to take political action, and encourages them to build the movement for social and economic justice in their communities.
• Shareholder Activism
  Activist shareholder
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   - Raising awareness about the need for corporations to take into account the needs of stakeholders beyond those in board room.
• CEO Pay - They believe that the lack of pay equity in the US can be addressed by changing the rules.
• Humane Immigration
  Immigration to the United States
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  Reform - Working to reveal the push and pull factors leading to migration into the U.S., and to elevate a plan for humane immigration reform as part of broader labor and international trade policy reforms.