by Dave Johnson | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Opponents of fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are gaining momentum. In spite of a virtual media blackout, public awareness of the coming trade deal is increasing. More and more public-interest organizations are organizing and denouncing the rigged...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog
[fve]http://youtu.be/ftUeX6f_wzs[/fve] Silicon Valley is an area of contrasts. When you stop at a traffic light in Silicon Valley you will often find a Maserati or Tesla on one side of you and a beaten up, 15-year-old Accord on the other. It seems there are more...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Eight senators on Thursday let the country know there is going to be a fight over fast-track trade authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.),...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]http://youtu.be/cYg0pEr-3fU[/fve] All the talk about "trade" deals might seem complicated, with all the "TPP" and "TPA" and "FTA" and "TTIP" floating around. It doesn't have to be difficult, though. Watch Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, explain "fast...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
In July 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 953(b) of that law directs the SEC to require public companies to disclose the median annual total compensation of all employees, the total annual compensation...
