A dentist from Naperville, Illinois called a talk show in Chicago. “I’ve invested $400,000 in starting a dental practice and the government won’t let me do it.” “What?” says the host, “The government? What do you mean?” “I’m competing with the government for workers. I’m looking to hire several people at $25 an hour and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'wages'
Class Warfare…The Battle to Destroy the Middle Class
August 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism
Tags: class warfare by the Right·Republican class warfare·the Neocon attitude toward workers·the Republican Rich·The Super-Rich·unemployment·unions·wages
Jobs, Wages and the Urgent Need for Unions
May 8th, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Economics, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism
Where are the jobs? And where is new union legislation? We need both and we need them now. We have a minimum of 15 million people out of work. We have an economy that created 230,000 jobs in March and 290,000 in April and unemployment still went from 9.7% to 9.9%. But what about the [...]
Tags: Employee Free Choice Act·job creation·jobs·Labor·unemployment·union avoidance consultants·union organizing·union-busting·unions·wage restrictions·wages
The Economy, the Stimulus and Coming Out of the Recession
October 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics
Economists like to say that the current recession began in December of 2007. But things had not been going well for the average American for some time before that. The recession only made things worse for the average American household. Long before the recession began, things had been in a gradual decline for the average [...]
Tags: economy·income inequality·incomes·jobs·recession·stimulus·wages