McConnell doesn’t care about the truth LTE in the Hartford Courant — 10/4/20 It’s no surprise that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would announce his plan to quickly fill the new vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, within hours of…
50 reasons the Trump administration is bad for workers President Trump has said he would ‘protect’ and ‘fight for’ workers. Instead, his administration has systematically done the opposite. EPI Report • By Celine McNicholas, Lynn Rhinehart, and Margaret Poydock • September 16, 2020 The Trump administration’s…
The Backward Logic of Austerity Threatens America’s Most Vibrant Campus CUNY must be saved from needless cuts. By Ben Lerner — Mr. Lerner is a writer and a professor of English at Brooklyn College. May 26, 2020 Students at the Brooklyn College…
Research by Connecticut Voices for Children: USE The Rainy Day Fund!!!!!!!! By law, Connecticut is required to deposit into its Budget Reserve Fund (BRF)—also known as the Rainy Day Fund—all revenue exceeding $3.15 billion from the combination of two sources,…
“PLAs’ cost savings are both direct and indirect and can be substantial” By: Fred B. Kotler, J.D. Associate Director Construction Industry Program School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University ● PLAs are a valuable construction management tool for project…
‘Good faith’ and community college consolidation CT VIEWPOINTS — CT Mirror In December 2017, as the Connecticut State College and University system office was preparing its “Students First” consolidation plan, the system’s Faculty Advisory Committee presented an extended critique of the…
13 Charts From 2019 That Will Blow Your Mind Economic Policy Institute See All the charts here
Let’s pay preschool educators a worthy wage ..AFT Follow May 1 · By Tammy Duckworth I know firsthand the difference a teacher can make in a student’s life. When I was a child, my dad lost his job — and all too quickly,…
Unions Not Companies Deliver Real, Sustainable Financial Security Families Need More Financial Help, Unions Can Deliver GETTY –FORBES – Nov 4, 2019 — Christian Weller Senior Contributor — A lot of American working-class families struggle financially. A range of organizations thus encourage…
–Yahoo Finance Andy Serwer with Max ZahnYahoo Finance October 19, 2019 — I’ve been seeing all kinds of blather lately that increasing pay — particularly a higher minimum wage — is killing job growth. Meaning that because employers have to…