Category: Economic Security
- 06/15/12 Child Care Professional: California Budget Cuts Endanger Kids, Communities and Workers Communities across the state are speaking out against the cuts and arguing for a smart, fair state budget that protects child care.
- 05/04/12 Public Pension Opponents Argue from Both Sides to Distort Truth Dean Baker contends that politicians are “using heaping doses of the politics of envy" to divide workers.
- 03/13/12 Report: NY Governor’s Plan Cuts Retirement Security 40 Percent Study by independent organization confirms benefit cut.
- 02/08/12 Unemployment Insurance Under Attack, Again Two-month stopgap extension set to expire, ending benefits for 6 million unemployed workers.
- 01/06/12 Yes, Ultra Conservatives: There Really Is an Income Gap The gap between the very rich and everyone else has been growing for decades.
- 09/30/11 Ten Senators Sign on to Merkley Proposal Endorsed by AFSCME, AFL-CIO Senator Merkley's proposal to score the jobs impact of deficit reduction schemes is gaining support in the Senate.
- 09/29/11 Citizens Call on Representatives to Pass Jobs Act NOW! Events put pressure on Congress to pass President Barack Obama’s jobs bill.
- 09/27/11 Unions Build the Middle Class, Report Concludes A new report shows how closely middle class prosperity is tied to union strength.
- 09/14/11 ‘Americans Are Hurting’ Census Bureau data shows poverty has gone up while household incomes have gone down.
- 09/09/11 President Obama is Right: The Country Needs Jobs Now The American Jobs Act, is a necessary first step to growing jobs in an economy that was sent reeling by Wall Street and corporate excesses during the previous administration.
