by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Austerity is officially dead, at least at the presidential candidate level. Congress? We'll have to wait and see. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are talking about increased spending on public infrastructure. Hillary Clinton has launched her post-convention...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The long-abused cafeteria workers of the U.S. Senate, who risked their jobs to fight to earn a living wage only to have the private contractor that runs the cafeteria renege on an order to increase their pay, won a key victory this week. The Labor Department declared...
by Chuck Collins | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Does your family aspire to the American Dream of a decent paying job, a few weeks of paid vacation, a home of your own, and the hope of retiring before you die? Maybe try Canada. Our country has historically prided itself on being a socially mobile society, where your...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Tuesday was "Make America Work Again" day at the Republican National Convention. But this day wasn't about making America work again for working people. This was, as always with conservatives, all about tax cuts for the rich and corporations, deregulation of oil and...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform, Jobs and Growth
Lloyd Blankfein, one of America’s most powerful bankers, a few years ago told a reporter that his Goldman Sachs financial colossus was doing “God’s work.” That offhand comment would provoke an instant uproar. An embarrassed Blankfein had to quickly calm the waters. He...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The June jobs report – a cheery 287,000 new jobs, with unemployment ticking up to 4.9 percent – is cause for both relief and concern. The relief is that jobs creation picked up after the slowdown of April (revised upward to 144,000) and May (revised downward to...
