by Robert Borosage | Apr 23, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
This week in Washington, hundreds of low wage federal government contract workers walked off their jobs, demonstrating for a living wage and a union. They included Senate janitors and food service workers – the workers who serve the senators their food and clean up...
by Miya Pontes | Apr 22, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
More than 600 federal workers went on strike today, including about three dozen Senate employees, in a protest over low pay by federal contractors. The strike won support from members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), who joined the U.S. Senate contract...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A new study published by the Economic Policy Institute confirms that “right-to-work” laws aren’t about protecting worker’s rights. “Right-to-work” laws lower workers’ wages, no matter how you look at them. That’s the conclusion of “‘Right-To-Work’ States Still Have...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
Conservatives are supposedly all about markets. Markets should decide, not voters. But when it comes to the law of supply and demand for government debt, they go blind. Greg Ip in the Wall Street Journal poses this surprising question: "Is Government Debt Too Low?"...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
U.S. Senate contract janitors and food service workers will walk off their jobs Wednesday to protest poverty pay, along with hundreds of striking workers from the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, Smithsonian Institution and other federal landmarks. They will be joined by the...
by Harvey J Kaye | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Knowing that "necessitous men are not free men," President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a New Deal in 1933 that rallied Americans to not only fight the Great Depression, but also to combat poverty, reduce inequality, and enhance American democratic life. Together,...
