economy

Some folks are starting to panic

November 4, 2009 By John Case

Democratic defeats in Virginia and New Jersey reveal the destruction that the extended downturn is wreaking on workers' employment, and income, and stability.

A Bronx cheer for anti-union development deal

November 2, 2009 By Louise Farkas

BRONX, N.Y. – On Sunday, October 25, close to 1,000 Bronx residents overflowed the gymnasium of the St. Nicolas of Tolentine Church to demand a new “Blueprint for the Bronx,” a blueprint for responsible economic development,...

Tales of hard times on the coast

October 31, 2009 By Michael Robert Langdon

On California's north coast, the sea used to provide many a worker and family a decent living - but no longer.

Labor, progressives, manufacturers meet: ‘Think big & bold’ to rebuild economy

October 30, 2009 By Matt Murtagh

WASHINGTON — A jam-packed conference here Oct. 29 demanded bold action for a new, green manufacturing economy.

Deficit lies

October 29, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

The Republican attacks on extending the economic stimulus, on universal health care, on climate change legislation and financial reform all make reference to the exploding deficit and to the burden an immense debt may place on...