James Boutcher seized control of his future several years ago when foreign dumping cost him his entry-level position amid a series of job cuts at Century Aluminum in Hawesville, Kentucky. He enrolled in the federal government’s Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.
The Economic Realities We Face at the End of 2022
U.S. capitalism and its empire are widely perceived as waning. Europe’s role as a U.S. ally and indeed its economic future became correspondingly riskier as a result.
NPR Infomercial for Its Sponsor Amazon Omits Labor and Environmental Criticisms
NPR’s infomercial for Amazon on its networks shows the corrosive nature of laying in bed with one’s corporate sponsor. It harms credibility.
Are the teachers’ ‘strikes’ the beginning of a real worker revolt
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. America is in need of a real worker revolt. The Fight for $15 has been ongoing, but to many, it did not feel like a general workers movement but more a fight by those at the economic fringe who need quick relief. The teachers’ strikes are different for it […]
President Obama speaks out passionately at the 2014 Milwaukee Laborfest
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. The President said that Labor Day belongs to the “working folks who are here today, and the unions who’ve always had your back,” and emphasized the importance of building our economy from the middle class out: I didn’t run for President to double down on top-down economics. I ran […]
6 Things Needed To Boost Labor And Wages (VIDEO)
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, summarizes the 6 things that are needed to boost American labor and to increase wages. He does this in just over two and have managed to do so in a more concise manner than all the nonsense presented on the […]
This Is Why Corporate America Supports High Unemployment
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Fast food workers walked out in protest on Thursday demanding $15.00 an hour. They simply cannot afford to subsist on the current wage structure. The American worker in general simply cannot live on the wages many companies as big as Wal-Mart and as small as a Subway franchisee are […]
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