Hiring up; Fed rate hike likely will follow
WASHINGTON — U.S. hiring swelled in October by the most all year, and unemployment dropped another notch to 5 percent, making a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase next month a near certainty. With...
View ArticleSouth African business community is treating South Africa like a casino...
(Source: COSATU - The Congress of South African Trade Unions) South African business community is treating South Africa like a casino 5 November 2015 COSATU is deeply concerned by the ongoing investor...
View ArticleMcGovern, House Democrats Meet with Secretary Vilsack to Discuss USDA Plan to...
(Source: James McGovern) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met with Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and other members of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty,...
View ArticleSocialist politician credits Bernie Sanders after re-election in Seattle
City council member Kshama Sawant says the Vermont senator’s candidacy has creating ‘enormous momentum’ for change among young people and workers...
View ArticleReid Statement On October Employment Report (Harry Reid)
(Source: Harry Reid) Washington, D.C. - Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement on the October employment report. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added...
View ArticleWhat if Bernie Sanders Were Really Talking About Socialism?
Socialism has re-entered the realm of popular political discussion in the United States, for the first time in decades. There are several reasons for this, the most important being that a...
View ArticleCurtain falls on 10th African Economic Conference in Kinshasa (African...
(Source: African Development Bank Group) Leaving no one behind in the development agenda will require taking bold steps by African governments including strengthening the role of state in economic...
View ArticleScott Introduces EPIC Act to End Partisan Culture at IRS (Tim Scott)
(Source: Tim Scott) Video of Senator Scott discussing the EPIC Act HERE WASHINGTON - Following the Senate Finance Committee's investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) treatment of...
View ArticleSolid Jobs Report Will Likely Lead the Fed to Raise Next Month... But What...
The nation's employers added 271,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 5 percent in a solid report on labor market conditions. Wages grew 2.5 percent over the past...
View ArticleWorkers Uniting Statement on European Union Treatment of China as a...
(Source: USW - United Steelworkers) Nov 06, 2015 November 5, 2015 Workers Uniting, a global trade union representing more than two million workers in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United...
View ArticleResolution on the Role of the ETUC 2015/2019 – follow up: ETUC reorganisation...
(Source: ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation) Resolution on the Role of the ETUC 2015/2019 - follow up: ETUC reorganisation Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 28-29 October 2015 Document...
View ArticleMinimum wage leaving younger workers behind, warns TUC (TUC - Trades Union...
(Source: TUC - Trades Union Congress) date: 5 November 2015 embargo: For immediate release The government's new national minimum wage (NMW) rates risk leaving young people even further behind, the TUC...
View ArticleThe October US jobs report, by the numbers
The job market boomed in October. Employers added 271,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, the lowest level in seven years. The flurry of hiring is likely to give the Federal Reserve...
View Article‘Fight for $15’ Walk-Outs and Protests Continue; Are You Prepared for...
(Source: Jackson Lewis LLP) Continuing its three-year campaign, 'Fight for $15' on November 4, 2015, announced plans for worker strikes and protests at fast food restaurants in 270 U.S. cities on...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on George Osborne: the creditable case for changing course
Seven years on from the crisis, Britain remains in the shadow of the slump. Sure, the economy is growing, and wages are now rising, but on Thursday the Bank of England was tasked with explaining why it...
View ArticleUnion push gains steam among Yale, Harvard grad students
Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows new openness to arguments that they are not just students, but also school...
View ArticleBernie Sanders' momentum stalls in an unlikely place: union halls
Ask Allysha Almada why she supports Bernie Sanders, and Almada, a Glendora nurse who tried to form a union and was later fired, shoots right back with her own question: How could she not? Sanders, the...
View ArticleProductivity in America unexpectedly rose in the third quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. nonfarm productivity unexpectedly rose in the third quarter as a decline in self-employed workers contributed to overall hours worked falling for the first time in six...
View ArticleChipotle Ordered To Rehire Fired Worker Who Joined Fight For $15
The National Labor Relations Board ruled in a decision released Thursday that fast-casual chain Chipotle broke labor law when management fired an employee of a Missouri store who'd taken part in...
View ArticleWhy Liberals Secretly Love Corporations
If there is one bugbear that stands as paramount for the American progressive, it is the corporation. Corporations are viewed as amoral at best, immoral at worst, exploitative of their workers,...
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