by Dave Johnson | Jan 11, 2011 | Blog
Since the 80s many employers have stopped offering health care, pensions and other benefits to their employees. Many are also cutting pay and hours, while increasing the workload. So more and more people are hurting. As more and more of us fall further and further...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 11, 2011 | Blog
I came across this great, short video from the PA AFL-CIO titled A Brief History Of Unions: Well this got me "sucked into YouTube" as my wife and I call it... and I came across a few other interesting short videos: Labor History Part I Labor History Part II Labor...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2011 | Blog
If you saw this morning's Progressive Breakfast, you know that Senator Kent Conrad has an op-ed in Politico, "Priority no. 1: Pass long-term budget plan," in which he proposes steps to do something about the borrowing caused by the tax cuts for the rich that he just...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2011 | Blog
The Tea Party membership is being set up for yet another huge betrayal by the DC Republican establishment. The members had very clear expectations that specific spending cuts would fix the government's budget problems. The Republican leadership is betraying them by...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2011 | Blog
The new monthly job numbers are out. They are a little bit better than they have been, but they are not very good. We added very few jobs but the unemployment rate went down. This is a function of a really bad economy in which people are so discouraged they aren't...
