by Richard Eskow | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Winning Issues for 2014
“We’re a movement now,” fast-food worker Latoya Caldwell said Wednesday of the effort by employees in her industry to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour. That movement's latest action was a one-day strike which took place in 150 cities across the country on...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 4, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A lot of eyes will be on the Federal Reserve Friday when the Labor Department releases its August unemployment statistics. But where will the Fed's eyes be focused? A group of activists are planning the next steps of their effort to keep the Fed focused on the...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 4, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
That old nursery rhyme we learned as children isn’t quite true anymore. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but your name can hurt your chances of getting a job. If you want to know why African Americans and Latinos have higher unemployment rates than whites, just...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 4, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth
The fast-food strikes are back, and bigger than ever. Today, workers in 150 cities will take to the streets to demand livable wages for themselves and their families, the right to organize, and a better economy for all of us. Last year, low-wage workers in over 60...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 3, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth
A study from Labor and Employment Relations professor Robert Bruno of the University of Illinois-Urbana and policy director of the Illinois Economic Policy Institute Frank Manzo IV showed that states with anti-union "right-to-work" laws have lower tax revenue, and...
by Harvey J Kaye | Sep 3, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
President Obama came to Milwaukee's 2014 Laborfest this past Monday. He said he had come to celebrate Labor Day, to celebrate workers' pursuit of America's promise – or as he put it: "We’re here to celebrate something that sometimes the American people take for...
