by Larry Cohen | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
I grew up in a row house in North Philadelphia, owned by my great-grandmother who was famous for saying, “I’ll watch your feet, not your mouth.” Today I am proud to stand with Sen. Bernie Sanders and hundreds of Verizon Workers at a Wireless retail store in Manhattan,...
by Robert Reich | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Have you noticed how often conservatives who disagree with a policy proposal call it a “job killer?” They’re especially incensed about proposals to raise the federal minimum wage. They claim it will force employers to lay off workers worth hiring at the current...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Setting the stage for The White House Summit on Worker Voice, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) today introduced The Workplace Democracy Act. According to Sanders' office, this legislation "would make it easier for workers to join unions and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the August goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $48.3 billion. This is a big 15.6% increase from July's enormous, humongous $41.8 (revised) billion trade deficit. Exports dropped 2 percent and imports...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
Republicans and the rich guys who imposed on American workers 35 years of stagnant wages now offer a prescription for easing this pain! Their solution for robber-baron-level income inequality is not the obvious: Give workers raises. They don’t want to increase the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
The surprisingly disappointing September unemployment report – 142,000 new jobs created compared to an expectation of more than 200,000 – should break once and for all two illusions about our ability to sustain a robust economy. The first illusion is that there is no...
