Labor


Dave Johnson's picture

Labor Day: Labor Got It Right -- Who Could Have Known?

"Who could have known?" That's the cry from the big-corporate and DC elite as the economy and the environment and so many imporant things crash around us. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

How Companies Turn People Against Unions

If you had a company and could make people work for free, keeping all the proceeds just for yourself, you might do that. If you could. What’s stopping you? There are plenty of unemployed people in the country and in the world – more every day thanks to population growth, and computers and machines doing more of the work that needs to be done. more »

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Tula Connell's picture

We Couldn't Have Said It Better

Want to pass along this blog from AFL-CIO Now's Mike Hall. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Reaching The Wrongest Conclusion About Unions!

A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion:

Public, private workers live in different worlds more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Are Public Employee Unions Strangling Us?

For Billionaire Mort Zuckerman it’s those damn unions that are the problem. For so many of the rest of us the problem is that we don't have a union.

Zuckerman has been with us on lots of things, like what he wrote about the stimulus, more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Pressure On Wages As Well As Jobs

Our economy is not structured to produce enough jobs. Tomorrow's jobs report is expected to show as many as 200,000 jobs created in March, but a lot of that is temporary Census hires, and even 200,000 jobs created is still 2-300,000 fewer jobs than number of new entrants into the job market each month! more »

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Susan Ozawa's picture

Currency Imbalances: China’s Problem or Ours?

Leading economists gathered at an EPI event today to discuss our trade deficit and labor problems caused by our imbalance with China. The conversation centered around how this imbalance can be solved by compelling China to appreciate its currency. more »

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Ramona G.

Partner with Ramona

Looking for people to get off their duffs and work toward bringing jobs and equity back to our country. Our numbers need to grow in order to get this done. We need to work together. http://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com