by Dave Johnson | Aug 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Rebuild The Dream As I wrote earlier in Ten Years Ago We Were Paying Off The Nation's Debt. But Then We Elected Obama., the The American Dream Movement is rolling out their Contract for the American Dream. The Tea-Party-fascinated press is largely ignoring this, but...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 27, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
This is my presentation from last week's Netroots Nation panel session: Revitalizing Manufacturing: The Road to Renewed Job Growth. Click through for panel details and other panelists, here for a pdf of slides, including Jared Bernstein's. See below for video -- and...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog
The Supreme Court's Dukes vs. Walmart, raising the bar for plaintiffs in class action suits, means workers who already have it bad in this economy probably won't have it any better, and won't be able to do much about it. Can't Win. Don't Try. The lesson Betty Dukes...
by | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
With unemployment at a near historic high in the United States, could you imagine any American company bringing in foreign workers to work for them below the minimum wage and with no benefits? Most people would say no. But can you imagine those same Americans forcing...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 17, 2011 | Blog
This is a class war and I welcome it because they have more to lose than we do and we’re going to kick their asses! - Leo Gerard I attended Thursday's Netroots Nation panel, After Citizens United: Combating Corporate Power in Elections, The Supreme Court's decision in...
