Wrong-Way Obama?
The Nation
He may be leading us toward economic catastrophe.
He may be leading us toward economic catastrophe.
He may be leading us toward economic catastrophe.
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The Cost of a Decline in Unions
New York Times - Op-Ed
In this article Kristof acknowledges he was wrong about unions - As unions wane in American life, it’s also increasingly clear that they were doing a lot of good in sustaining middle class life — especially the private-sector unions that are now dwindling. "To understand the rising inequality, you have to understand the devastation in the labor movement,” says Jake Rosenfeld, a labor expert at the University of Washington and the author of “What Unions No Longer Do.”
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Right-to-Work Laws are Every Republican Union-Hater's Weapon of Choice
The Guardian
Anti-union laws don’t help the economy, don’t create jobs and don’t end ‘compulsory union membership’. They can only kill off unions
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Right-to-Work Laws are Every Republican Union-Hater's Weapon of Choice
The Guardian
Anti-union laws don’t help the economy, don’t create jobs and don’t end ‘compulsory union membership’. They can only kill off unions
More than Half of US Public School Students Live in Poverty, Report Finds
The Guardian (UK)
Low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation's public schools, according to this research bulletin. The latest data collected from the states by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), show that 51 percent of the students across the nation's public schools were low income in 2013.
Full Employment: The Recovery’s Missing Ingredient
Washington Post
The bargaining power of most American workers is at a historical low point. The best way to restore it is to get the economy back to full employment.
BRICS and the SCO: Let A Thousand Poles Bloom
International Policy Digest
BRICS and the SCO are the two largest independent international organizations to develop over the past decade. What role these new organizations will play internationally is not clear. Certainly sanction regimens will be harder to maintain because the SCO and the BRICS create alternatives. South Africa, for instance, announced that it would begin buying Iran oil in the next few months, an important breach in the sanctions against Iran.
Tidbits - October 9, 2014
Portside
Reader Comments - Towards a Socialist America; War on the Islamic State; Ferguson New Voter Registration; Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism; Economy - Still Failing; People's Climate March; War and Climate Change; Berkeley Free Speech Movement; Crime Fiction; Work, Leisure, & Consumption; Israel 'Blacklist'; An Israel Equal for All; Importance of Brazil's Elections;
Announcements - Race, Policing & Civil Rights-Oct 14; Paint the Town Red-Oct 22-both Brooklyn
Where the Five-Day Workweek Came From
The Atlantic
It's a relatively new invention—is it time to shave another day off?
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Across Asia's Borders, Labor Activists Team Up to Press Wage Claims
Reuters
For global companies that have shifted production to Southeast Asia's low-cost manufacturing hub, greater cross-boarder labor coordination could mean less room for wage bargaining, a squeeze on profits and maybe even higher price tags on anything from shoes and clothing to cars and electronics appliances. But even as wages rise, labor activists are confident they aren't at risk of pricing themselves out of the market.
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