A variety of news topics of interest to progressive thinkers in Connecticut
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…
Report highlights CT’s racial health disparities By JOE COOPER – JANUARY 2, 2019 – Hartford Business Journal A new report says major health disparities exist among boys and men of color compared to non-Hispanic white men and boys in Connecticut. The inaugural 2018 Connecticut Report…
The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Taxes An eight-year campaign to slash the IRS’s budget has left the agency understaffed, hamstrung, and operating with archaic equipment. The result: a hundred-billion-dollar heist. –The Atlantic–PAUL KIEL, JESSE EISINGER, PROPUBLICA—DEC 11, 2018…
Students and others protest on the University of Washington campus in Seattle on April 1, 2015, in support of raising the minimum wage for campus workers to $15 an hour. (Ted S. Warren/AP) In every state, the minimum wage is…
‘How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education’ New book outlines how rich donors have become more assertive about how their money should be used and explores the costs to higher ed. –By Marjorie Valbrun November 2, 2018 A new book about Nike…
World’s billionaires became 20% richer in 2017, report reveals UBS report shows billionaires increased fortunes by $1.4trillion, more than the GDP of Spain —Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent The Guardian 26 Oct 2018 — More than 40 of the 179 new billionaires created…