by Dave Johnson | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The ProgressiveCongress.org and the Congressional Progressive Caucus launched the Speakout for Good Jobs Tour in Minneapolis Saturday. They will hold Speakout events in 11 cities across the country. This is a major opportunity to build public awareness that leads to...
by | Jun 17, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Originally published at UnemployedWorkers.org. What do you call a bill that would let states seize all of the federal funds now allocated for unemployment insurance benefits to long-term unemployed job-seekers, and use those funds to bailout corporate taxes and state...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Efforts by those who never want to hear someone say, “Bye-bye American manufacturing,” converged coincidentally to make June Buy American month. First, at the forceful urging of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the Smithsonian on June 8 opened an all-American-made...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
"It's an employer's world," said Rebecca Penny, a 55-year-old widow who was laid off over a year ago from her job at a Chevrolet plant in Tennessee. "I lost my benefits the night I was laid off. Now I can't afford medicine. And I can only find minimum...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Tonight is the first Republican presidential debate with all the top contenders planning to attend. And there is only one question I want to see asked: Why didn't the Bush tax cuts create any jobs? Every candidate on tonight's debate stage not only continues to...
by | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The sudden weakening of the economic recovery is now undermining even the stock market. As usual, however, Wall Street is worried about profits and a possible double-dip recession. But what the press and the Obama administration have not adequately taken up is how...
