Blog: Jobs
Among the most critical goals set forth in the Inclusive Prosperity Act, H.R. 1579, reintroduced in Congress on April 17 by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), is to “create good paying jobs by… investing in public sector jobs and green jobs.” Sec. 2 (13)(B)(ii) Other facets of this important legislation – investing in “transportation including public mass transit and an infrastructure bank that promotes environmentally...
by DEBORAH BURGER, co-president of National Nurses United
The nation is now considering cuts to Social Security that would take away a week’s grocery money from elderly women, many already living at the margins. They will join some of the nation’s children eating less, as 10 percent of U.S. households with children are “food insecure” during the year, according to government data. Last month the...
It is hard to pinpoint the precise moment when “good jobs” disappeared from national discourse, ignored by our leaders and the media that cover them. The phrase was invoked during President Obama’s campaign—that is, his first run for the presidency. But it soon disappeared in a West Wing dominated by Wall Street. This time around it was altogether gone from campaign rhetoric, a vanishing act with...
The government’s most recent reports are that 12.8 million Americans – 8.3 percent – are unemployed. These levels, reports the government, “have shown little movement thus far in 2012.” That’s not where we should be this Labor Day. Robin Hood says the time is now to tax Wall Street, use revenue to create jobs and rebuild Main Street.
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