by Dave Johnson | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog, Trade
More than 160 food, farm, faith and rural organizations have sent a letter to Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The letter begins: The undersigned 161 farm, food, rural and faith groups urge you to reject the TransPacific...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) strike at Verizon is now in week three. Thirty-nine thousand workers are striking to preserve middle class wages in the U.S. The strike is affecting company operations and customers are feeling it, but the executives want...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A Bloomberg story reports that the cellular phone company T-Mobile is being accused of creating a fake union as a way to fight off gains by the real union, the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The company is accused of pretending to have a system that...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
Is it really "extreme" to think we should have fair trade policies? The New York Times on Tuesday published a story by Nelson D. Schwartz and Quoctrung Bui, "Where Jobs Are Squeezed by Chinese Trade, Voters Seek Extremes," reporting that, "research to be unveiled this...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) went dormant in Congress after election season began. It became clear that the public despises our country's corporate-dominated "trade deals" that let companies just lay people off and close factories here to take advantage of...