by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last year President Obama went to Nike headquarters to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But Nike doesn't make shoes in the US, and TPP would force companies like New Balance to stop making shoes here. New Balance kept quiet about this, but now says the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
After months and months of contract negotiations went nowhere, 39,000 Verizon workers went on strike . The strike is about corporate greed. The workers want job stability, acceptable working conditions, and respect as human beings. The company wants the "flexibility"...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade
China increased its steel production capacity by 540 percent between 2000 and 2014. Then the market slowed. To keep from having to lay off workers, China's steel companies started "dumping" steel on world markets at below-market prices. As a result, steel companies...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
If you don't have a bank account – and millions of American's don't – how do you cash a check or pay a bill? Even if you do have a bank account, how do you get a small loan in an emergency? One survey showed that as many as 63 percent of Americans would be strapped to...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Saying they are "alarmed by the implications for access to medicines [created by] the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)" a coalition of 50 groups concerned with public health sent a letter asking Congress to oppose the so-called "trade" agreement. The groups say that...
