by Richard Kirsch | Sep 3, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Imagine your boss suddenly told you that from now on you were going to be considered an independent contractor. You’d have to pay for your office space, supplies, and equipment. Your employer would deduct those expenses from your paycheck. And you’d have to pay all...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 2, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Reviving Strong Unions
“Hours of chaos” is how the New York Times described the work reality of more and more Americans. It highlighted Jannette Navarra, a Starbucks barista, who is regularly forced to work part-time with fluctuating hours. She usually gets her work schedule three days...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 29, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Every August, for most of the last four decades, top central bankers from around the world have been making their way to the Wyoming mountain resort of Jackson Hole for an invitation-only blue-ribbon economic symposium. This year’s Jackson Hole hobnob, once again...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 29, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Reviving Strong Unions
The other day I wrote about how FedEx has been pretending that their employees are not employees, which gets around labor standards for things like overtime, family leave and the rest. This misclassification game is just one way that big companies have been rigging...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You know all those people who work for FedEx? A court has ruled that they work for FedEx! FedEx, like so many other companies, has been shifting costs onto employees by pretending they are not employees. This is called "misclassification" and this ruling matters....
by Robert Borosage | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Reviving Strong Unions
On Labor Day, families gather, politicians pay tribute to values of hard work, and some workers even get an extra day off. But this Labor Day arrives with working families struggling to stay afloat. Working family incomes haven’t gone up in the 21st century....
