by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In a Detroit News op-ed this week, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land separated herself from most Republican lawmakers and voiced opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement currently being negotiated. Her op-ed included this: I...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Several American corporations are using a tax loophole scheme called "inversion" to get out of being American corporations obligated to pay American corporate tax rates. They buy or merge with a non-U.S. corporation (usually located in a tax haven), pretend they are a...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
The Labor Department reported today that 28,000 manufacturing jobs were added in July. The report added, "Job gains occurred in motor vehicles and parts (+15,000) and in furniture and related products (+3,000). Over the prior 12 months, manufacturing had added an...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Saying that "taxpayer dollars should not reward corporations that break the law," President Obama on Thursday issued another executive order designed to help low-wage workers. In February the president issued an order that federal contractors pay their employees...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled Tuesday that employees who work at McDonald's are employees who work for McDonald's. This is actually a big deal because it means that McDonald's' low-wage employees can start going after the larger company for issues...
