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If you think our elected representatives should be working to undercut – instead of boost – people’s wages, this news won’t make you happy. But there’s good news for everyone else: a three-pronged effort to diminish Washington’s prevailing wage law met a well-deserved defeat during the 2012 legislative session. First enacted in 1945, Washington’s prevailing [...]
If you lived in a run-down house and all of a sudden your family got a lot of money, what would you do? Most people would think about fixing up the rickety front steps, replacing the leaky shower, and painting the back bedroom, for starters. But what if that new money came in the form [...]
At one time considered the best in the world, America’s infrastructure is now crumbling – and it’s holding back our economic recovery. There’s never been a better time to start rebuilding – and to get the best economic bang for our public bucks, we should begin with our nation’s water, waste management and energy systems. [...]
There are two main reasons why America can’t get out of the economic doldrums. The first is, wages are stagnant: The U.S. economic recovery – slow as it is – is leaving workers’ wages in the dust. Average hourly wages, which took a big hit in the Great Recession, are growing slower than they did [...]
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