by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 8, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/iAAJKKZOqDk[/fve] So what if big-box retailer Costco already pays its workers well above the minimum wage, the rhetoric from the crowd opposing a minimum wage increase goes. Costco is a special case, they say, with a business model and sales...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 1, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, chose April 1 to release his latest Republican budget proposal. Once again, Americans are played the fools. The latest edition of "The Path to Prosperity," which is the title Ryan likes to use for his budget...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 27, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/MocqsPYblM8[/fve] Leo Hindery, who runs the private equity firm Intermedia Partners, is blunt in his criticism of two corporations – McDonald's and Walmart – that are leading the effort to block an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 26, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/UhTyTzvCPMg[/fve] An increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is especially important for the millions of women who are the backbone of the services sector yet struggle to provide the basics for their families. Plus, it would begin to narrow...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog, Unemployment Benefits
House Speaker John Boehner has decided to stand firmly in the way of more of 2 million people who need emergency jobless benefits. The Hill newspaper quoted Boehner as saying that a Senate compromise plan that would renew jobless benefits for people who have been out...
