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Ready to Rumble for Jobs, Not War and More Weapons?
Something is missing in the swirl of news reporting on the debt ceiling deal struck on August 2 by the Congress and the President for close to $1 trillion in cuts in discretionary programs over the next decade.
Japan: Labor Movement Calls for Minimum Wage Hike
The Welfare Ministry’s Central Minimum Wages Council on July 27 made a recommendation to increase regional minimum hourly wages ranging from 1 yen to 18 yen, a 6 yen increase to 736 yen on average.During the tripartite council’s discussions, in which labor, management and experts took part, the management side was unwilling to raise minimum wages, alleging a negative impact on small- and medium-sized enterprises in the disaster-hit region.
Time to Change the Subject from Fake Political Crisis to Real Economic Crisis
AFL-CIO Executive Council StatementWashington, DCThe United States is in a continuing and severe jobs crisis.
The Most Dangerous Game
Allow me to get first response stuff out of the way.
