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 —...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy
One of America’s top apologists for our billionaire status quo has a rather daring new approach to defending inequality. He’s claiming to be an egalitarian. And not just any egalitarian. Tyler Cowen, the director of a Koch brother-backed academic center, is claiming...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 29, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
More than 200 low-wage federal contract employees in Washington D.C. went on strike on Tuesday morning and attended a Union Station rally to demand President Obama sign a "good jobs executive order." Participating were employees working at the Ronald Reagan Building,...
