On July 8, members of Alliance to Develop Power met with Senator Scott Brown at his office in Boston. The 60 minute meeting, the first meeting of the Senator's tenure with a grassroots community organization, was largely focused on … [Read more...]
Support your Values – Support Jill Stein
We are so lucky to have Jill Stein speaking out and supporting our values. While I will remain a registered Democrat, I have decide to support Jill Stein for Governor of Massachusetts. I am thrilled with her knowledge of what's wrong … [Read more...]
Show and Tell: A Scary Job Chart Gets Scarier
From Business Insider: Short URL: http://bit.ly/9XCtpf … [Read more...]
Bad economy net plus for Republicans
In many of the polling-related posts on this site, there has been a regrettable tendency to blame the pollster rather than address the issue. Fortunately some Democratic pollsters look political reality in the face. For those of you … [Read more...]
Governor at Jobs & Workforce Summit: on the right track
A colleague of mine attended the Jobs & Workforce Summit in Sturbridge today. She said over 300 political and business leaders were there and that Governor Patrick was terrific. This confirms a nice case he's been making: that we're … [Read more...]
Study: Construction Unions Strengthen Mass. Economy
They found that union workers earn an average of $13 dollars more per hour than nonunion workers in the Bay State's construction industry. When benefits are included, they average $28.35 more per hour than their nonunion counterparts. … [Read more...]
Some encouraging jobs numbers
Generally good, if not spectacular, news about jobs last month: Private employers added 123,000 jobs, the most since May 2007.... Manufacturers added 17,000 jobs, the third straight month of gains. Temporary help services added 40,000, … [Read more...]
Bernanke is puzzled? Maybe he should find another job.
From cnbc.com: The Jobs Puzzle Bernanke Can't Solve It's a mystery that has puzzled even U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke: if the U.S. economy is growing rapidly, why isn't it creating jobs? And so, let us hear from the wisest … [Read more...]
Bad News On Mass Jobs
The Crittenden Women's Union released their new MassFESS budgets/calculations. This is very readable economic analysis. http://www.liveworkthrive.org/... This includes the Hot Jobs report where they list jobs which pay people enough to … [Read more...]
When fraud is accepted as a means to an end
Wall Street -- the crooks that control our country. Frontline / The Warning Leaders of the fraud PAC: Greenspan - Summers - Rubin - Levitt - Geithner makes you wonder what the hell some of these people are doing in influential … [Read more...]
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