by Tula Connell | Apr 24, 2009 | Blog, Economy
We're giving up Styrofoam cups here at our building in Washington, D.C. Also doing an energy audit and taking a few other steps as a start toward making our building a green one--just some of the actions the AFL-CIO announced this week, in time for Earth Day. Back in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Anti-labor forces this week are reprising an old argument about the Employee Free Choice Act: Making it easier for employees to join unions will cost employees their jobs. The latest entry in this fusillade of propaganda comes from something called the Alliance to...
by Alan Jenkins | Feb 10, 2009 | Blog, Economy
This week President Obama promoted his much-needed economic recovery package in a prime-time news conference and a trip to economically depressed Elkhart, Indiana, where the unemployment rate has topped 15%. Cities and towns like Elkhart are bellwethers for where the...
by Sara Robinson | Jan 8, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Here it is: our moment of economic truth. We're standing at that historic fork in the road where the nation decides, now and for the foreseeable future, whether it's going to hang on to the catastrophic assumptions of the free-market fundamentalists and rely once more...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 22, 2008 | Blog, Economy
Has any year ever showcased greed as dramatically as 2008? We sift through the avarice to bring you the lowlights — and a little hope for a less greedy 2009. This time of year always seems to bring a never-ending barrage of “top ten” lists. The year’s top ten movies,...
by Alan Jenkins | Dec 2, 2008 | Blog, Economy
In his first 100 days, President-elect Obama plans to pass an economic stimulus package that will create or save 2.5 million jobs. Economists estimate that this may require almost $1 trillion in government financing, yet, across the political spectrum, they largely...
