Jonathan Tasini

Wal-Mart Killed At Least 400,000 Jobs In A Dozen Years, While The Waltons Got Richer

Leave a Comment / Jobs, Wal Mart / By max cyril

If you want to know why a political revolution is necessary (and why the status quo’s most intellectually fraudulent campaign in recent Democratic primaries is such a threat to working people), you need only check out this new report from our friends at the Economic Policy Institute. Wal-Mart (that would be the board the status …

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Post-Euphoria: SCOTUS Gears Up To Destroy Unions

Leave a Comment / Supreme Court / By max cyril

I’ve kind of laughed at the analysis percolating around that, oh, surprise, the Supreme Court is a liberal bastion…or not so conservative. Well, it was a great day when marriage equality became the law of the land. But, while everyone can now marry, the Supreme Court has a very clear five-vote conservative bloc when it …

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The Missing 3 Million

Missing it Again on the Minimum Wage

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

See, this is a good example of how the conventional wisdom we hear day after day warps the brain. More people are, in fact, being pushed into minimum wage jobs: The number of workers in New York state earning minimum wage has increased sharply since the start of the recession, one of the driving factors …

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A Civil War: We’re Eating Each Other For the Crumbs

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

In a crisis, it’s a tough thing to watch people scramble to survive. And those that already have a lot usually are in the driver’s seat, ready to pit one person against the other. The same is true for states–ever desperate to try to get a few jobs for its citizens (and, need I point …

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The Filthy Rich Shout “Greed Is Good” and Party With The Politicians

Football On The Brink

Leave a Comment / unions, Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

I’ve been following this from a far–not because I like the sport (I don’t)–but it is a fight that is a tough one for the workers. At the brink of an all-out labor war Thursday, the NFL players union weighed an 11th hour-proposal by National Football League owners designed to keep the two sides at …

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Why We Need A Job Party–Today’s Jobs Figures

Leave a Comment / Department of Labor, economy, Jobs / By max cyril

It is still very grim out there for those people who want decent paying work. Not just a job–but a job that pays a fair wage. Today’s numbers make even more clear–we need a Job Party. I’ll talk about the Job Party a bit more. But, first, let’s look at the numbers: While the overall …

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Class Warfare and Korea “Free Trade”: An Open Letter to UAW, My Union

Leave a Comment / Free Trade, unions / By max cyril

So-called “free trade” is part of the relentless class warfare under way in America. And the so-called “free trade” deal with South Korea is no exception. That said, a lot of the shallow criticism of the UAW’s support for the deal is–well, shallow. Here’s my view about how we should engage the UAW–my union–via an …

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Wall Street Bonuses For Haiti

Leave a Comment / financial reform / By max cyril

The president is going to announce today a tax on the big banks and financial institutions: The tax on banks, insurance companies and brokerages with more than $50 billion in assets would start after June 30 and seek to collect $90 billion over 10 years, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters late …

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