Category: Budget & Taxes
- 05/03/11 Hundreds Protest New Jersey Gov. Christie’s Plan to Devastate Working Families Sec.-Treas. Saunders, Rev. Sharpton and AFT Pres. Weingarten spoke in defense of working families.
- 05/02/11 Michigan AFSCME Members Protest Snyder Commencement Address More than 1,000 students, community and union activists rallied at the Univ. of Michigan.
- 05/02/11 AFSCME Connecticut Members Protest State Budget Plan More than 2,500 rallied against a plan to extract $2 billion from state workers.
- 04/19/11 2011 PayWatch: Average CEO Salary=$11.4 Million While 25 million unemployed and underemployed U.S. workers are drowning, CEO pay skyrocketed by 23 percent, for an average salary of $11.4 million in 2010, according to the AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch.
- 04/18/11 The True Meaning of Tax Cuts Without the public systems and structures that taxes pay for, America as we know and love it would cease to exist.
- 04/15/11 Straight Talk on Retirement in San Jose Phrases like “actuarial reports” and “unfunded liabilities” didn’t stop over 200 workers in San Jose, Calif., from foregoing their lunch hour to hear the truth about pensions.
- 04/14/11 Tax Day Travesty When big corporations skip out on their tax bills, it’s working Americans who pay the price.
- 04/14/11 Gov. Rick Scott, Your Report Card is Shameful! In office just 100 days, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has proven he has a lot to learn about running a government that benefits all Floridians — not just his Big Business friends.
- 04/14/11 Gov. Walker Admits New Union Rules Don’t Help Budget Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) asked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) to explain how attacking workers' rights and middle class jobs helps fix broken state budgets.
- 04/14/11 Michigan Rally Defends Middle Class, Opposes Budget Cuts More than 7,000 Michigan residents from throughout the state rallied at the Capitol in Lansing on Wednesday to oppose Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s anti-worker budget plan.
