Review: Lost Jobs, Missing Workers, and Stagnant Wages
From NYT’s “Business Day” by ALICIA PARLAPIANO, SHAILA DEWAN and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ: In the five years since the United States began its slow climb out of the deepest recession…
Republicans’ War on Workers’ Rights
From the New York Times blog “The Great Divide” by Corey Robin: Midterm elections are like fancy software: Experts love them, end-users couldn’t care less. But if the 2010 elections…
NLRB dispute may lead Senate majority to change rules for filibuster
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has done the unthinkable by proposing rule changes in the Senate to restrict filibusters. The proposed change has been considered before by both parties…
Despite improving jobs report, unemployment remains the same
The Labor Department is reporting that the economy added 200,000 jobs in June, beating the expectations of analysts by about 35,000 jobs. The effective rate of unemployment remained the same…
MI workers resist “right-to-work” law
Michigan lawmakers began debate today on controversial “right to work” legislation that would forbid requiring workers to pay union dues. The legislation is expected to pass despite widespread protests in…
Report shows American workers worse off from Great Recession
According to a report released today by the Economic Policy Institute American workers are worse off than they were a decade ago, with underemployed and underpaid workers struggling to makes…
Highlights from Obama’s speech in Kansas on equality and fairness
On the growth of inequality in America: “But for most Americans, the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. Long before the recession hit, hard work stopped paying…
OH voters reject Republican agenda to limit public unions
In a stinging defeat of the Republican’s national agenda to undermine workers’ rights, voters in the state of Ohio roundly rejected a ballot initiative that would have limited public unions.…