by Dave Johnson | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims to be "a business federation representing companies, business associations, state and local chambers in the U.S., and American Chambers of Commerce abroad." They claim to be "the voice of" their members. They are supposed to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 5, 2016 | Jobs and Growth
A call for a $1.2 trillion program of federal infrastructure spending is definitely not what you would expect to emerge from the think tank Third Way, the purveyors of austerity-lite, era-of-big-government-is-over centrism within the Democratic Party establishment....
by Robert Borosage | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The largest employer of low-wage workers in America is the federal government. U.S. government contractors employ over two million workers in jobs that pay too little – $12.00 an hour or less – to support a family. Contract workers – organizing under the banner of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The March jobs report is out, and the news seems pretty good at first. But when you dig deeper it is the same old story: lower-to-middle-wage job gains, many higher-wage job losses. Gains in retail and food services. But there were losses again in manufacturing....
by Robert Borosage | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The April jobs report – 215,000 jobs added in March, with official unemployment ticking up to 5 percent – shows an economy enjoying its 73rd straight month of private sector jobs growth. The U.S. recovery is the best among developed countries. But workers still see...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"We knew the tech industry was booming, but we weren't seeing that translate into an abundance of jobs for our communities - until we looked at the low-wage jobs in contracting industries. Those are growing fast, just like tech profits are. It's no wonder that one in...
