by Stan Collender | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
With 17 days as the crow flies before it happens, it's time for me to do something I've been resisting for a week or so: formally increase my odds that we'll go over rather than avoid the fiscal cliff. Back in September I said it was better than 50-50 that no deal...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Big Banks are famously too big to fail, too big to manage, and too big to prosecute. Now a recent report by the OCC details that they fail to meet even minimal standards of sound management. Even after blowing up the economy, getting a multi-trillion dollar...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan -- Republicans continue their assault on unions and worker solidarity – and America’s middle class gets mugged. Corporate profits are at the highest % of GDP on record; worker wages are at the lowest % ever. And now the...
by Bill Scher | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: How "Right to Work" Laws Kill Jobs OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "'Right to work' is a misnomer for laws which let employees enjoy the benefits of union membership – at least for a little while, until they’re stripped away – without joining or...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Today (Friday) workers and their unions in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zambia and the United States are joining together to demand change at Walmart through the UNI Walmart Global Union Alliance. Josh Eidelson explains at The Nation...
