by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]https://youtu.be/TMpn97UXO5I[/fve] Scott Klinger of the Center for Effective Government explains how fair corporate taxes would help close the nation's infrastructure spending deficit. It's too bad that Congress was out of session this past Friday. Members would...
by Emily Foster | May 21, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
This week the nation’s second-largest city made immense strides in combating poverty and wealth inequality. The Los Angeles City Council approved by 14 to 1 legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which would provide a necessary income increase to more...
by Terrance Heath | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
In the largest protest of its kind, thousands of McDonald’s employees stormed the company’s headquarters today to demand that it stop spending millions manipulating stock prices, and start paying workers a living wage. McDonald’s cashiers and cooks came to the...
by Robert Borosage | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to raise the minimum wage of workers in America’s second largest city to $15 an hour. The minimum will rise in increments,...
by Dave Johnson | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
In April we saw the largest-ever strike against the fast-food industry. There were walkouts in 236 cities, including strikes and protests in 40 countries. Now on Wednesday we will see the largest-ever workers' protests at the McDonald's shareholder meeting in Oak...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 15, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A legislative committee this week sent to the Michigan Senate a law that would eliminate prevailing wage laws on state construction contracts. The law is designed to push down wages paid to workers on the projects. The fact that the law does not have the support of...
