Living Wage Jobs for All (19)
During the campaign, Donald Trump made a 100 percent commitment to prevent United Technologies from shipping 2,100 jobs from Indiana to Mexico. All of us need to hold Mr. Trump accountable to make sure that he keeps this promise.
Baltimore’s Plight Shows Why A Good Jobs Policy Is Way Overdue
Written by Isaiah Poole | Common Dreams
The nation is now seeing that there is a broader story to be told about the roots of the violence that broke out in Baltimore this week. In addition to the mistreatment of African Americans by police, there is also the story of extreme economic deprivation – the consignment of entire communities to virtual jails of joblessness, poverty and neglect.
Detroit is an employment desert
Written by Corey Williams | Associated Press
When Alison Norris couldn't find work in Detroit, she searched past the city limits, ending up with a part-time restaurant job that's 20 miles away but takes at least two hours to get to via separate city and suburban bus systems.
A Subsidized Jobs Program for the 21st Century
Written by Rachel West, Rebecca Vallas, Melissa Boteach | Center for American Progress
Unlocking Labor-Market Opportunities for All Who Seek Work
Federal mediator to help resolve West Coast port contract dispute
Written by Andrew Khouri | Los Angeles Times
West Coast dockworkers and their shipping line employers have agreed to federal mediation to help resolve a contract dispute that has been partly blamed for severe congestion at ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The Answer to the Unemployment Problem Is More Jobs
Written by L. Randall Wray | New Economic Perspectives
Dean Baker, everyone’s favorite progressive economist (mine, too), has an interesting take on our unemployment problem.
Give more paid vacations.
The So-So Society: Democrats Have Forgotten What Made Them Great
Written by David Dayen | The Fiscal Times
SNAP Helps Roughly 1.7 Million Struggling Veterans, Including Thousands in Every State
Written by Brynne Keith-Jennings | Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesFull employment: The Recovery’s Missing Ingredient
Written by Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker | The Washington Post
Full employment: The recovery’s missing ingredient
Written by Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker | The Washington Post
Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen gave a speech a few weeks ago that was doubly unusual.
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Wealth and resources are not infinite; they are finite! Therefore, if some have too much, many others are left with little or nothing.
Young people's voice needed in building an infrastructure of opportunity
Written by Allie Yee | Facing South
This week the Durham, North Carolina-based nonprofit MDC released its latest State of the South report highlighting how the American dream of intergenerational upward mobility is more elusive for young people born at the bottom of the income ladder in the South than anywhere else in the country.
The Full Employment Act at 35: America's Unfinished Business
Written by Rep. John Conyers, Dean, Congressional Black Caucus | Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee | Huffington Post
For the first time since the start of the Great Recession, the unemployment rate is below 6 percent. America has experienced 55 consecutive months of net job creation, resulting in the addition of 10.3 million new jobs.
The full employment movement and all its affiliates and supporters need to support the passage of legislation that guarantees a living wage job for everyone who wants one. A step in that direction is Rep. John Conyers (D- MI), H.R. 1000, the Humphrey Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act.