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…
NY Fed: Minimum wage hikes didn’t kill jobs Study found that higher pay boosted job numbers for low income workers –Crain’s NY Business: GREG DAVID — Columnist — September 25, 2019 11:25 AM Bloomberg HIGHLIGHTS • Study zeroed in on NY border • Wages increased…
NLRB makes it easier for employers to change labor contracts without union permission –by Sean Higgins | September 10, 2019 — Washington Examiner — The National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency, issued a ruling Tuesday that will…
Who Pays Taxes in America in 2019? For years, Americans have been told that the rich are paying a highly disproportionate share of the nation’s taxes. Claims to that effect often focus on just one tax, the federal personal income…