by Dave Johnson | Sep 4, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Last week Republicans branded themselves as the party of cuts. This week the Democrats have an opportunity to be the party of jobs and growth again. Last week Republicans again and again called for for austerity: government budget cuts that kill jobs and growth. Look...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 3, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
What is Labor Day? And why is it a national holiday? Labor Day is our national holiday to celebrate the contribution that regular working people make to our country and our economy. It is also a holiday that celebrates the way We, the People democracy can deliver...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 1, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
First, a great music video, We Are The Union, from CWA. I love this one, "Brooklyn Cablevision workers saw through the corporate lies, organized to join CWA, and immortalized the experience in this amazing song." One of my favorites, What Have The Unions Ever Done For...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 30, 2012 | Blog
This Republican convention is the convention that assumes (hopes) that everyone has amnesia and will forget … everything. They hope you forget that the budget was balanced before they got in last time, that the economy was doing great before they got in last...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog
China's official media expressed concerns this week that Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is using incendiary, militaristic, "Cold War" language that could serious harm relations between China and the United States. Foreign Policy Magazine writes in,...
