by Roger Hickey | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
Today's Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report finds payroll employment increased by 209,000 in July, slightly slower growth than last month, and the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 6.2 percent. Coming after this week’s GDP report that found the economy was...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
We recently interviewed Dean Baker, economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, on the Federal Reserve’s response to recent economic developments. A clip of the interview can be found above. Highlights of the conversation included Baker’s...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Saying that "taxpayer dollars should not reward corporations that break the law," President Obama on Thursday issued another executive order designed to help low-wage workers. In February the president issued an order that federal contractors pay their employees...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog, Education
Anyone who saw the remarkable HBO series "The Wire" remembers the scene in the fourth season, focused on Baltimore public schools, where the term "juking the stats" defined how corporate-driven re-engineering of the public sphere has distorted institutions so they no...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled Tuesday that employees who work at McDonald's are employees who work for McDonald's. This is actually a big deal because it means that McDonald's' low-wage employees can start going after the larger company for issues...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Did you know that companies are subsidized by our government when they move jobs and production facilities out of the country? A Senate bill to stop this tax break was filibustered Wednesday by Senate Republicans. Will we ever know which companies — and countries —...
