Treasury Secretary Nominee Steven Mnuchin Pulls an Old Trick on CEO Pay Questions
Overpaid CEOs make everybody’s blood boil. But the minute you suggest there might be a responsible role for policymakers in addressing the problem, watch out.
The Trade Debate Isn’t About the U.S. vs. the World, It’s Corporations vs. the Rest of Us
If Trump lets corporate elites dictate new trade rules, all working families will suffer.
Retirement Divide: 100 CEOs v. the Rest of Us
A new report calculates the gap in retirement assets between the top 100 CEOs and all African-American, Latino, female-headed, and white working class households.
The Two Sides of Populism
Growing inequality helps explain the rise of both Sanders and Trump. Understanding these dynamics can create the potential for serious radical change.
CEO-Worker Pay Ratios: Cutting-Edge Campaigns on a Critical Inequality Battleground
Be part of this discussion on the widening pay gaps on the global political stage and how we can build on promising initiatives to narrow this economic divide.
Washington DC Premiere of “Shift Change,” Documentary on Employee Ownership and the New Economy
A new documentary, SHIFT CHANGE, highlighting a successful and growing cooperative and employee ownership sector in the United States, has its premiere with two screening events.
May Day Spring Forum: Democracy and An Economy for All
This Forum will connect worker rights advocates from around the world and across the U.S. to share their stories of struggle and innovative strategies for helping marginalized workers claim their rights. It is an opportunity to meet directly with international and local labor rights activists.
Protecting Guest Workers in the United States
Hershey’s chocolate packing plant is in at the center of a dispute related to a “summer work travel visa” with little opportunity beyond mere survival.
We Need a Flat Tax for Social Security
It could raise $100 billion and provide a solution to give retired people the raises they need.
Blood on the Trackpads
Monologist Mike Daisey takes on Apple and challenges audiences to exercise their consumer power to effect change.
Ivory Coast at a Crossroads?
Please join us for a briefing on the turmoil in Côte d’Ivoire and its impacts on workers, as well as prospects for future development of workers’ organizations and democratic institutions.
Move the Money, Starve the Empire
At the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, reports columnist Christine Ahn, a new and powerful antiwar movement came together.
The Failed Expectations of U.S Trade Policy
A former U.S. trade negotiator criticizes U.S. trade policy.
Hungry for Justice
Indian guest workers, brought to the United States to help rebuild following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, hold a hunger strike to protest abuse by Signal International.
Trade Issues Are Not Just About NAFTA and the Rust Belt
We need to shift from a “Wal-Mart economy” to one built on dignified jobs and healthy communities.