Budget Cuts – Page 6 – People's World

U.K.: Performers condemn woes facing the entertainment arts

May 21, 2014 By Morning Star

Stage and screen performers face funding cuts to the arts, chronic low pay and the dearth of black and ethnic minority representation.

Trumka warns Dems: stick by Social Security, Medicare

October 25, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

LAS VEGAS - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has put lawmakers on notice to stick by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or face labor opposition at the polls next year.

Shutdown cost: $24 billion and counting

October 18, 2013 By John Wojcik

The government shutdown may be officially over but its estimated cost of $24 billion to the American taxpayers will continue to rise every day for a long time to come.

Stand up for Cincinnati

September 4, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

What do you call a proposal that breaks promises to city workers, destroys their family's hard-earned retirement security, lowers the city's tax base and harms our fragile economy?

Fire Fighter leader blasts hypocritical politicians

August 28, 2013 By PAI

The nation's politicians, from the federal government on down to city halls, are hypocritical in praising Fire Fighters and other first responders, then cutting public safety budgets.