One of the pioneering leaders in establishing retirement security for all Americans, Robert M. Ball, passed away Tuesday night after a brief illness. He was 93. Most people have never heard his name, but his work was instrumental in...
My previous post shared the CtW perspective on yesterday's State of the Union address. But how's it being received in the progressive world at large? Let's start by checking out some reactions from around the CtW-sphere... UFCW -- State...
CtW Chair Anna Burger has issued a statement regarding the President's State of the Union address yesterday. Here's the link. Change begins now in America. Seven years of the Bush administration has left the state of our union weaker, poorer...
The White House announced today late Friday that the President is nominating Robert Battista for another term as Chair of the National Labor Relations Board: The President intends to nominate Robert J. Battista, of Michigan, to be a Member...
I wrote in this space two weeks ago about the enormous payout that outgoing Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo was expecting for his dedicated efforts to run his company into the ground: Let's assume that was you. How much of a...
Last night the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped some good news -- 2007 saw an increase in union membership in the United States, with 311,000 new workers joining together in unions. That's the first increase in at least 25 years...
We've just released a statement by Change to Win Chair Anna Burger on the economic stimulus "compromise" package that was agreed to by President Bush and House Democrats yesterday: “Yesterday’s economic stimulus plan reached by the House Democrats and the...
The numbers are in on how much working people made in 2007, and they ain't pretty. This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest data in their Current Employment Statistics survey. These figures cover workers' earnings as...
ThinkProgress reports on a Capitol Hill press conference yesterday where Republican Representative Michele Bachmann (who already has an, um, colorful reputation) waxed rhapsodic on the joys of having to work two or three jobs to get by: I am...
Looking towards the upcoming Nevada caucus, The American Prospect is re-running a great article by Harold Meyerson from 2004 showing how joining together in a union (Culinary Workers Local 226, an affiliate of UNITE HERE) has improved the lives of...
Let's assume for a moment that you were the CEO of a major financial services company. And that you turned your company into a leader in the risky business of "subprime mortgages", using an incentive structure that rewarded the...
Like weatherman, economists don't have to be right very often to keep their jobs. Stephen Rose, an economist formerly of the Third Way, is apparently disappointed with the less-than-optimistic rhetoric used by Democratic candidates when discussing the economy on the...
