by Dave Johnson | May 19, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has released a report predicting the effect the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have on the U.S. economy. In the past these reports have been skewed to promote trade agreements, with numbers that turned out to be much...
by Dave Johnson | May 18, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]https://youtu.be/UFJaDm720FU[/fve] Overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week is a right that had been taken away from many workers, but now they are getting the right back, thanks to a new rule the Obama administration issued Wednesday. This is a big,...
by Dave Johnson | May 17, 2016 | Blog
The Verizon strike is still going on, and has passed the one-month mark. This is about working people versus giant corporations that have vast power. The 40,000 striking workers want a few things, but the immensely profitable corporation and its wealthy executives...
by Dave Johnson | May 17, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Flint, Michigan is this year's face of the infrastructure problem: Flint's (and many other cities') outdated water systems are literally poisoning people. All around us we see bridges and roads that are in (really) bad shape, aging and failing rail transit systems,...
by Dave Johnson | May 13, 2016 | Blog
Colombia is allowing local production of a generic form of a cancer drug that is ultraexpensive because of a government-granted monopoly handed to a giant, multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The U.S. government is stepping in on the corporation's side with a...
