by Dave Johnson | Apr 16, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
How's your job going – if you even have one? The odds are very, very high that you haven't seen a raise in a long time. Or maybe you were laid off and found a new job at half your old pay. They say this is the "new normal." Meanwhile, CEO pay just keeps climbing and...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Rejecting dozens of heroic characters, from Captain America to Underdog, Republicans last week chose instead a villain for their figurehead. They selected Prince John, the guy who coddled the rich and tried to crush Robin Hood. House Republicans voted to elevate...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Here’s a story that resonates with so many layers of bitter irony that it’s hard to know where to begin. So we’ll start with the headline: “Citi Foundation to Help Teens Find 'Pathways to Progress.'” Two other recent stories add a certain piquancy to this...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Thursday's unemployment applications number hit a 7-year low of (seasonally adjusted) 300,000, a drop of 32,000. We have restored the number of jobs lost in the Great Recession. This is indeed good news. But even so, things are not rosy in the unemployment numbers –...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 10, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You might have been hearing about "wage theft." The wage theft problem is about people showing up for work but not getting paid for the time they put in. It's a common problem and it is one of the ways people are being ripped off by a rigged system. How common is this...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 10, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog, Jobs and Growth
As expected, the Congressional Progressive Caucus' "Better Off Budget" was defeated on the House floor Wednesday, picking up only 89 Democratic votes and none from Republicans. But that vote does not end the fight for the priorities and values that budget document...
