by Dave Johnson | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Picture this: You are supposedly "off work" but every day after the end of your shift you have to wait in a line for up to 25 minutes to get "checked" to see if you are stealing things. The Supreme Court is going to decide if you should be paid for your time. This is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
When Lee Saunders talks about his mission as the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, he often refers to the fateful 1968 showdown between sanitation workers and the city of Memphis – the strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 5, 2014 | Blog
Imagine yourself part of the typical American family. Your household would have, the Federal Reserve reported last month, a net worth of $81,200. Not much. But 50 percent of America’s households would actually have less wealth than you do. The other half would have...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Trade
The public is finally "getting it" about these one-way trade agreements. They were sold to us as "job creators," but the record is the reverse. They have cost jobs and increased the trade deficit (which is a metric for jobs) in every instance. This is because these...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Another $40 billion leaked out of our economy in August, taking jobs, factories and living standards with it. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that America's monthly goods trade deficit in August was $40.1 billion, down from $40.3 billion (revised from $40.5...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Today’s September jobs report provides a sober corrective to President Obama’s forceful speech on the economy yesterday. The president claims a “new foundation” for growth has been put in place. The jobs numbers report a continued recovery – 248,00 new jobs, with the...
