From the Everett Herald: Big business is banking record profits now, but for the rest of us this recession isn’t going away anytime soon. In Snohomish County, one out of 10 workers is unemployed, and that ratio hasn’t changed for the past 12 months. So we should be thinking about how to create jobs, and [...]
Party foul: Will these three Congress members from WA keep voting against family economic security and recovery?
July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If one’s company and two’s a crowd, what does that make Washington Reps. Brian Baird (D-3), Doc Hastings (R-4), and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-5), all three of whom have so far voted against extending unemployment insurance (UI) for thousands of their constituents? A party, of course! Well, maybe not just any party. Most people on [...]
Lack of Paid Sick Days Takes Significant Toll on Workers, Public Support Growing
June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Via the Public Welfare Foundation: Nearly one in six people polled in a national survey (16 percent) say they have lost a job for taking time off from work to care for a sick child or family member, or to cope with their own illness. Released today, the survey was conducted by the National Opinion [...]
When the recession hit Washington, minimum wage jobs were the first to go
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a question to test your knowledge of recession-time economics. In a downturn, will high-paying jobs outnumber minimum-wage jobs, or the opposite? That’s kind of a trick question. The answer is “both.” Surprised? It gets even more puzzling. There’s a chance the median wage could increase, too — as it did in Washington state during [...]
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