by Dave Johnson | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Vietnam is already snubbing the unenforceable labor provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Voice of America reports, in "Vietnam Beating Case Highlights TPP Labor Rights Issue": A Vietnamese labor activist has accused authorities of beating and detaining...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Here's something (not) to look forward to: Thanksgiving dinner with your family in the time of Trump. This week you're heading home to spend quality time with your family. Of course, your right-wing brother-in-law (RWBIL) is going to be there, spouting off quotes from...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
The pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer will acquire pharmaceutical corporation Allergan in a deal valued at $160 billion. My colleague Richard Eskow called this combination of Pfizer (the maker of Viagra) and Allergan (the maker of Botox) "a merger of false desire and...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
CEOs got an average 3.9 percent pay increase last year. This increase is subsidized by taxpayers because corporations can deduct it as an expense. Meanwhile, America's struggling seniors will receive no cost-of-living allowance (COLA) increase next year because the...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
On Monday, we explained in our post, "34 Senators Stand With Senate Cafeteria Workers – And With All Workers," how the (foreign-owned) contacting company that operates the Senate and the Capital Visitors Center cafeterias pays employees so little that they are...
