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Category Archives: Labor
Staff Short? Give ‘Em More Work
Covid Kim has had some really strange responses to what is being described as a workforce shortage. The responses have ranged from cutting unemployment insurance early to attempt to force people in desperation to take any job, offering a whopping … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Covid-19, Kim Reynolds, Labor, unemployment insurance
Tagged child care in Iowa, teachers
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So Let’s Give Biden Some Credit
I was reminded Wednesday that exactly one year previous we had gotten our first Covid vaccination. When we realized that it had already been a year we started remembering what was happening prior to getting our shots. It was a … Continue reading
Posted in Biden-Harris, Covid-19, Jobs, Labor
Tagged covid rescue bills, public schools open
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America Is On Strike! Robert Reich
Telling it like it is as usual from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. (3:38)
Robert Reich On Friday’s Jobs Report
Robert Reich started a newsletter last week. While he said the letter would land only a couple times a week, so far he has sent out some truly pithy comments daily – even Saturday. When I saw this, I felt … Continue reading
Posted in Covid-19, Jobs, Labor
Tagged benefits, Robert Reich, wages, working conditions
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Labor Day: Let’s Talk About Inequality
I am a true believer in celebrating laborers in our society and inn the world economy. We have noting unless someone mines it, fabricates it, processes it or distributes it. Yet in the economic system of capitalism as practiced in … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged "Capital In The 21st Century", Bill Moyers, economic inequality, inequality, Paul Krugman, Thomas Picketty
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Iowans Want September To Be Declared Labor Union Appreciation Month
Progress Iowa <press@progressiowa.org> Wed 9/1/2021 2:00 PM For Immediate Release: September 1, 2021 Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, ivy@progressiowa.org Iowans Want September To Be Declared Labor Union Appreciation Month More than 80 elected officials, organizations, and businesses sign on in support at … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged labor unions, Robert Reich
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How Workers Can Reclaim Power
The following is a short (6 minute) video by Robert Reich. Reich is the former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton. He may be optimistic, but he always brings up great points: Labor was once the very backbone of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Labor
Tagged Robert Reich
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We Could Use Some FDR These Days
Some days it would be nice to see some FDR channeled. His times were not that much different than today. But he was often more head on in his approach. Here is an FDR speech at the 1936 Democratic convention … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Health Care & Medicare, Labor, working poor
Tagged FDR, Franklin Roosevelt
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What Work Will We Do?
Conventional wisdom is there is a worker shortage in Iowa. “Companies are really at a tipping point with respect to their workforce,” Iowa Business Council Executive Director Joe Murphy said in an interview with Perry Beeman of Iowa Capitol Dispatch. … Continue reading
Labor Coming Back?
Amazon workers attempt to organize may signal change in Labor’s standing. Biden moves signal new era for Labor? We all felt it when Joe Biden won the election as President. The winds of change were blowing hard. The wind was … Continue reading
Posted in Biden-Harris, Labor
Tagged Amazon, labor unions, PATCO strike, Reagan
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