Category: Jobs and Growth
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Leo Hindery on Minimum Wage: \”I\’d Be Embarrassed\” To Be McDonald\’s CEO
Business leaders who call themselves Smart Capitalists were on Capitol Hill to lobby for legislation that would increase the minimum wage. For one of them, Leo Hindery, this is about ethics as well as economics.
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The Minimum Wage Fight Is A Fight For Women
Millions of women are the backbone of the services sector yet struggle to provide the basics for their families. Here\’s how they would benefit from a $10.10 minimum wage.
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It\’s Time To Update How We Fund Transportation Projects
Ninety-five years after the institution of the first gasoline tax, what we\’re paying to maintain and improve the network hasn\’t kept pace. A bill pending in the House calls for an update.
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Transportation Funding Search Could Go Off Track
There are danger signs that an effort to open up more money for better roads and public transportation will reward the corporate tax-dodging the administration and a majority of Americans want to eliminate.
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Jobs Report: More Right-Wing Obstruction, More Pain For The Jobless
Today\’s unemployment report, coming on the heels of the Senate\’s filibuster of emergency jobless benefits, is the bitter fruit of a broader campaign of obstructing measures we need to put people back to work.
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Keep The Heat On The Senate To Renew Jobless Benefits
Senators – particularly Republicans – need to be flooded with calls this afternoon and Monday from members of the public who say, \”End the stalling. Vote to reinstate emergency jobless benefits now.\”
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Jobs Report: \’Better Than Expected\’ Doesn\’t Change What We Must Do
The buzz today over a surprisingly positive jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics should not obscure the big picture. Job-seekers are still suffering because of reckless spending cuts and Republican legislative obstruction.
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Tell Congress A Budget Deal Must Stop Tax Haven Abuse
Let\’s send a loud, clear message to Congress that we expect those who are doing well in today\’s economy to pay their fair share and end their gaming of the tax system.
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Why D.C. Mayor\’s Veto Of Walmart Wage Bill Is A National Outrage
The veto is the latest in a nationwide battle to end the practices of companies such as Walmart that build their businesses on the backs of workers receiving poverty wages and on the backs of taxpayers who subsidize their businesses.
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Stand With Detroit, Stand With Cities
\”Stand With Detroit\” is about standing up to the conservative bullies in Congress and the states who have launched a sustained attack against cities and the programs that support their economic vitality.