economy
Ordering executive pay cuts: It’s about time!
October 22, 2009The Treasury Department's expected plan to cut executive pay by up to 90 percent – at the seven companies that received the most in bailout money – is not only good news.
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The new normal
October 21, 2009Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase are back to the "old normal." Profits are soaring - $3.2 billion and $3.6 billion respectively in the third quarter
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‘Young workers: A lost decade’
September 1, 2009Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...
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Workers demand Toyota keep NUMMI plant open
August 22, 2009FREMONT, Calif. ― Hundreds of auto workers gathered outside their union hall, across from the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) auto plant, Aug. 20 to hear a parade of state and local elected officials and...
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PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS On the road to economic recovery
July 4, 2009This week, July 4, 2009, on the road to economic recovery. The official unemployment rate now exceeds 9.5%--the worst in at least 25 years. The unofficial -- including discouraged, underemployed, and otherwise discarded workers -- rises...
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