by Dave Johnson | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
When workers want to vote on joining a union, companies typically start a long, grueling process of bringing in professional anti-union consultants to do what they need to do to delay and hopefully stop them. So the National Labor Relations Board ruled that union...
by Bill Scher | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Unemployment Benefits
When Speaker John Boehner really wants to get something done, he gets it done. If Congress did not act before Tuesday, doctors would face a 24 percent cut in their Medicare reimbursement rates. With the Senate yet to act, Boehner did not have any time to spare. But...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 27, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/MocqsPYblM8[/fve] Leo Hindery, who runs the private equity firm Intermedia Partners, is blunt in his criticism of two corporations – McDonald's and Walmart – that are leading the effort to block an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 26, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/UhTyTzvCPMg[/fve] An increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is especially important for the millions of women who are the backbone of the services sector yet struggle to provide the basics for their families. Plus, it would begin to narrow...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
Corporate tax policy involves a lot of complicated accounting language, so people tend to tune out. But you should pay attention because there is big money involved – really, really big money that could be used for roads, courts, schools, health care and all the other...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 17, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
On Feb. 26, UPS fired a Maspeth, N.Y. UPS worker known for being a union activist. In a "wildcat" protest, 250 other UPS drivers from Teamsters local 804 walked off the jobs, and it appears that UPS has fired them, too, in response. There is nothing in the news media...
