by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
After the
by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, China Currency Showdown
Congress just passed three more NAFTA-like trade deals, so our country's trade deficit is going to get even worse. And pressure on working people to accept pay and benefit cuts and longer and harder working hours is going to get even worse. And the rewards to the top...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 12, 2011 | Blog
We buy a lot from China, and they don't buy much from us. Some call that "trade." The result is that our jobs, factories, companies, industries and wealth are moving to China. One very big thing we can do about this right now is to confront China over their currency...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 11, 2011 | Blog
If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to do something about trade. The huge trade imbalances -- especially with China -- are sucking our jobs and factories and companies...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 5, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
At the Take Back The American Dream conference session titled “Make Work Pay: Why Empowering Workers & Holding CEO’s Accountable is Vital to Economic Growth” Christine Owens of the Nationsal Employment Law Project described to the audience how wages are declining....
