State and local governments have hemorrhaged 1.5 million jobs since February, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reports. Nine states lost more than one in 10 state and local government jobs, and in 17 states, more than 10% of jobs in education were lost. But that’s just a down payment on the carnage that’s coming if Senate …
State and local governments have shed 1.5 million jobs in pandemic Read More »
It will take Lila Johnson months to rebound from the financial hit she endured earlier this year, going for weeks without pay during the federal government shutdown. A contracted custodian who has worked for the past 21 years at the Department of Agriculture, Johnson still has not been reimbursed for her lost income, and her rage …
Low-wage federal workers still want their shutdown pay, please Read More »
Donald Trump says he’s all about jobs, but at the same time he wants a federal hiring freeze. Supposedly there are just too many federal workers and the government should save money by getting rid of them. Here’s the reality: There were an average of 2.8 million federal employees in 2016, representing only 1.9 percent …
The Republican House majority proposed and passed a rules package on the eve of the GOP seizing control of the House, Senate, and the White House, and it contains more than a few surprises. Republicans received widespread constituent outrage in response to a proposal to gut an independent congressional ethics office and bring it under …
New House rules allow Congress to slash the pay of individual federal workers Read More »
Privatization is bad news for federal, state and local government workers, and the communities where they live. That’s according to a new report released Wednesday by In the Public Interest, a research group focused on the effects of privatization. The study, “How Privatization Increases Inequality,” explores the role privatization plays in the American economy—compiling data …
Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector Read More »
Some might call it gall, others might say chutzpah. I’m leaning toward calling it two-faced with several words preceding it that got me into a lot of trouble with my mother when I was a kid. But whatever you decide to call Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s announcement that he has launched a series of state …
Walker Scales Hypocrisy Summit with Worker ‘Recognition’ Awards Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
