Fight For $15: Strikes Planned Thursday For Higher Wages
Workers in as many as 190 cities around the country are expected on Thursday to demonstrate for a $15-an-hour wage, building on the foundation of the fast-food strikes of the past year.
Category: Jobs and Growth
Jobs Report: Under The Sunny Headline, Deep Roots Of Discontent
Job growth prompts optimistic headlines, but remains well under the rate of growth we really need to make workers whole after the damage done by the 2008 recession.
Failures of Conservatism Weighing Down Seven Republican Governors
Voters are rendering a harsh judgement against seven Republican governors running for re-election because the economic prosperity that was supposed to follow their trickle-down economic policies is only a trickle.
Walmart Workers Stage K Street Protest, And Walmart Needs To Listen
Walmart is reaping the fruits of its leadership in the low-wage economy. It would do better if it did right by its workers, some of whom went to its family foundation office in D.C. to demand full-time work and a $15 wage.
Pelosi Is Right: We Shouldn’t Have To Wait For A Minimum Wage Increase
It’s probably unrealistic to expect that Congress would drop its campaigning and come back to Washington to vote on a minimum wage increase. But unrealistic is not the same as unreasonable.
The Deficit Is Falling, But Where Are The Jobs?
Conservatives have repeatedly told us that cutting federal spending, and reducing deficits, would unleash economic growth and create jobs. Instead, what we have to show for it is a languid economy at best.
It’s Still Hard Out There For Jobseekers: We Need to Tell The Story
For every job opening in August, on average, there were two jobseekers. It’s one more sign that the job shortage should still dominate the national political debate.
Wellstone Award Winner Saru Jayaraman: Empowering Restaurant Workers
The founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is on the front lines with restaurant workers, highlighting their plight and giving them a voice to challenge the National Restaurant Association.
Let’s Replace Hawk Squawks On The Fed With Voices Of The People
Two “inflation hawks” on the Federal Reserve’s open market committee, Charles Plosser and Richard Fisher, will step down from the board in early 2015. That’s a chance for working people to have their own representatives.
Beyond Ferguson: If You Want Our Vote, Mind The Black Wealth Gap
Getting out the vote in African-American communities is important, but that effort needs to be supported by policies that communities can support to close the persistent wealth gap between black and white people.