by Richard Eskow | Aug 29, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
Tolstoy wrote in "War and Peace" that "kings are the slaves of history." And when the "king" in question depends on the patronage of happy customers for his well-being, his monarchy is also a slave to public opinion. Unfortunately for Burger King, which intends to...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You know all those people who work for FedEx? A court has ruled that they work for FedEx! FedEx, like so many other companies, has been shifting costs onto employees by pretending they are not employees. This is called "misclassification" and this ruling matters....
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Education
This time of year, while classroom teachers and administrators in public schools are busy welcoming students back to a new school year and figuring out how they're going to cope with devastating financial constraints, advocates in the charter schools industry are...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Reviving Strong Unions
On Labor Day, families gather, politicians pay tribute to values of hard work, and some workers even get an extra day off. But this Labor Day arrives with working families struggling to stay afloat. Working family incomes haven’t gone up in the 21st century....
by Dave Johnson | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog
Amidst all the news about Burger King – another company renouncing its US "citizenship" to avoid paying taxes for the roads, courts, police and the rest of the government services that made them prosperous – an idea that Campaign for America's Future has been...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, Health, Tax Reform
Our economy is broken. There’s one economy for the wealthy, and another for the rest of us. This division has been worsened by the behavior of corporate executives who manage their corporations for short-term personal gain rather than for long-term fiscal soundness....
