economy – Page 179 – People's World

Progressives launch budget fight a year early

July 14, 2010 By Dan Margolis

NEW YORK - Though this year's city budget, one of the most austerity-driven in recent memory, has just been completed, a group of City Council members is already preparing for next year's fight.

Fighting to be reborn

July 14, 2010 By Sam Webb

It wasn't quite "old home week," but attending the U.S. Social Forum last month in Detroit, where I had lived for many years, was special, and thought-provoking.

Cheers for our side!

July 12, 2010

Cheers and jeers: Frogs and workers? Texas turning blue? Republicans going Green? Obama a Communist? and more.

Greek workers stage second general strike in two weeks

July 9, 2010 By John Wojcik

Two million Greek workers walked off the job for the second time in two weeks Thursday after the country's Parliament backed slashing of the nation's pension system.

Workers of the world need a “new global economic order”

July 6, 2010 By Scott Marshall

VANCOUVER, Canada - In the video below, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, summarizes an opinion expressed by many at this global union meet: Make the banks pay to create jobs and clean up their mess.