by Dave Johnson | Jan 22, 2014 | Blog
Republicans smell an election opportunity – but only if they can keep the economy down, jobs down and wages down. Most recently to keep people and the economy miserable they filibustered long-term unemployment assistance, and are working to cut back from the meager 26...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 22, 2014 | Making it in America
The Hill reports that the White House is pushing hard for "fast track" trade promotion authority, to help push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other upcoming "trade" agreements. Meanwhile the yearly trade deficit resulting from previous trade agreements will...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 21, 2014 | Blog
This morning's Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) AAM Early Shift Digest email asks, "What would a full-fledged manufacturing policy look like?" In this moment of calm, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) is getting its ducks in a row. This week we’re...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 17, 2014 | Blog
Today's ridiculous attack on teacher unions is one that accuses them of supporting sexual predators in schools. Let's see if we can figure out what's behind it. In a Wall Street Journal hit-piece, Campbell Brown – you may remember her as a former television news...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 17, 2014 | Blog
Guess who is one of the biggest employers of minimum-wage employees? Your own federal government. After years of "privatization" and outsourcing, the government now contracts out a lot of work to companies that pay really, really low wages for jobs that when they were...
