Category: Economic Security
- 08/27/12 AFSCME Founder’s Grandson Eyes Seat in Alaska State Legislature Andy Josephson’s candidacy fires up labor and community supporters.
- 08/24/12 CSEA Cheers Federal Court’s Ruling to Protect Union Contracts Labor leaders expect positive implications for labor-management relations across the country
- 08/17/12 Oklahoma Workers Regain AFSCME Union Membership Aquatics technician Dustin Williams of Muskogee, Okla., shares his story
- 08/03/12 Things Are Looking Up for MSNBC Host Chris Hayes One-time labor reporter swapped his notepad for a TV studio, kept his pro-union, progressive politics.
- 08/02/12 Romney’s Tax Plan: Give to the Rich, Take from the Poor Presidential candidate’s latest scheme for “tax reform” is neither new nor helpful.
- 08/02/12 Study Links Good Jobs and Bargaining Power New study from CEPR blames decline of good jobs on workers’ deteriorating bargaining power.
- 07/24/12 The Minimum Wage Is Outdated The Rebuild America Act will help struggling families become self-sufficient and join the middle class.
- 07/13/12 Cities in Default, a Mouthpiece in Denial Municipal bankruptcies give The Wall Street Journal another excuse to lie about public employees.
- 07/11/12 Protestors Denounce Outrageous RI ‘Pension Insecurity’ Plan Retirees demonstrate against sweeping changes to state’s public pension system that jeopardize workers’ retirement security.
- 07/06/12 Eighty Thousand Jobs Added in June – But Congress Must Create More The latest job numbers released today are heartening, as they show an increase of 80,000 jobs in June. But make no mistake: The economy is fragile as it continues to recover from the Great Recession.
