by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade
China increased its steel production capacity by 540 percent between 2000 and 2014. Then the market slowed. To keep from having to lay off workers, China's steel companies started "dumping" steel on world markets at below-market prices. As a result, steel companies...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Thursday night is a big night for both political parties in New York City, with the Democratic presidential candidates staging a presidential debate in Brooklyn and the Republican candidates appearing at a black-tie fundraiser at the New York Hilton. But before they...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 12, 2016 | Gender Justice, Jobs and Growth
Imagine a workplace where everyone clocked in at 9 a.m. and was paid the same day's wage for the work they did – but the men could get their pay for the day at 3:20 p.m. and leave, while the women had to stay on the job until 5 p.m. to get the same check the men got...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Grandma skips meals. Her house is always cold. She barely skimps by, subsisting on just Social Security because of a bunch of pension-killing CEOs and self-dealing financial “advisers.” The U.S. Labor Department offered some rules last week to help grandma with half...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 8, 2016 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
The conservative push to put public transit systems under private management is not looking so good in Washington right now, as news breaks of widespread safety problems with a city bus service that is privately managed. All-news WTOP Radio published a report on its...
by John Cavanagh | Apr 8, 2016 | Jobs and Growth
Under the banners of Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening, we will be sticking our necks out to demand an end to the destructive influence of big money on our politics and the need to enfranchise all people. I have signed up to risk getting arrested on April 13....
