by Isaiah J. Poole | May 8, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
The April jobs report released today was good enough to prompt some in Wall Street and Washington to breathe a sigh of relief, but it is not nearly good enough to meet the standard of sustainable job and wage growth, and shared prosperity. As has been true for the...
by Robert Borosage | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the famous New Democrat who clashed with progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and blocked his pledge to raise the minimum wage in New York City, now writes in the New York Times that fast food workers need a raise. ...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 30, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
Several progressive organizations are lining up today in support of the Raise the Wage bill introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Robert Scott (D-Va.). That bill would raise the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour, to $12 an hour by 2020. That...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Last week, in "Government Sweatshops: A Time for the President to Act," Robert Borosage wrote about federal government contract employees working for poverty wages: This week in Washington, hundreds of low wage federal government contract workers walked off their...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 28, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
To give voice to 35 workers killed on the job over the past 35 years at a massive refinery in Texas City, hundreds of surviving family members, co-workers and friends gathered there last month to erect white crosses marked with their names. They conducted the ceremony...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 27, 2015 | Jobs and Growth, Trade
In the continuing battle over whether Congress should pass fast track authority legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch today unleashed the latest salvo: a list of more than 2,000 organizations in opposition to the trade bill...
