by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Starting next year, Republicans will be forcing big cutbacks in mail service so they can say government doesn't work, and make the case for privatizing our U.S. Postal Service. Friday is a day of action to tell Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Democrats failed to provide relief or even offer hope to people who haven't seen their pay go up for years – and Democrats paid for it in last week's elections. This week, President Obama is in Asia pushing yet another job-killing, "NAFTA-style" trade agreement. Is...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"No matter what you do for a living, you need a transportation system that functions, that’s safe and reliable." Ed Wytkind is President of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. That's a tough job right now because the country has backed off on funding...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
The 2010 Dodd-Frank law required the Securities and Exchange Commission to write "clawback" rules that make CEOs return compensation they receive when the money is earned through accounting gimmicks and not through actual performance. The SEC still has not done this....
by Dave Johnson | Nov 10, 2014 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is expected to become Chair the Senate Finance Committee. A Senate aide says Hatch wants to make Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) — "Fast Track" — one of his top priorities in the new Congress. Click here to tell Congress to vote no on "fast-track"...