by Robert Borosage | Jul 24, 2013 | The Jobs Challenge
Today President Obama will travel to Illinois to turn attention back to jobs and the economy. He does so amid an economy that is still in trouble. Mass unemployment continues its devastating toll. Over 22 million people are in need of full-time work. Wages for...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 23, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The floor is falling out from under workers. The federal minimum wage is not enough for a full-time worker to lift a family of three out of poverty. That is not right. The minimum wage for tipped workers – a miserly $2.13 an hour – hasn’t been raised in two decades....
by Terrance Heath | Jul 19, 2013 | Minimum Wage
This summer, in major cities like New York, Seattle, Washington DC, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis, thousands of workers have taken to the streets protest workplace abuse, poor working conditions, and wage theft. But most of all workers across the country...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 19, 2013 | Minimum Wage
Marie Antoinette, meet Ronald McDonald. A lot of people are angry about McDonald's new financial advice website for employees, an ill-conceived project which drips with "let them eat cake" insouciance. "Every dollar makes a difference," McDonald's lectures its...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 18, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
Reports are that a student loan deal is in the works, with a vote as early as today. If consummated, it will have bipartisan support in the Senate and the support of the White House. We urge all to call on your senators today and tell them to oppose the deal. The...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2013 | Student Debt Relief, This Is The GOP
Congress should do the right thing the right thing for our people, our country and our economy and provide a free college education to everyone who qualifies. Instead student loan rates doubled July 1 because our obstructed Congress couldn't and wouldn't act in time....
