Stories by John Schmitt
Posted on Dec 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The business community is screaming that the higher wages will "cost jobs," but the data suggest otherwise.
Posted on Oct 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The occupiers have as much chance as any organization in the last three decades to catalyze a national progressive movement.
Posted on Jul 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The administration's latest proposals flow from a fundamental misdiagnosis of the jobs problem we face.
Posted on May 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Germany's success indicates that one way to fight unemployment would be some modest efforts to give U.S. employers incentives to cut hours, not workers.
Posted on Feb 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Pay in the private sector has been stagnant or falling for decades, health insurance coverage has been dropping, and traditional pensions have all but disappeared.
Posted on Feb 15, 2009, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research
We need to fill the biggest hole in the current global response to the deepening recession: the lack of coordinated international fiscal policy.
Posted on Jul 20, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Crime may not pay for ordinary criminals, but companies avoid paying millions in wages and benefits by committing crimes against their workers.
