From Uber drivers to freelance writers, AB5 will upend countless lives By Luka Ladan June 20, 2020 Economy & Jobs| Articles California’s “AB5” nightmare is only getting scarier. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recently announced a civil lawsuit against the food delivery platform DoorDash, accusing the company of misclassifying its delivery workers as independent contractors instead of employees. The complaint, which […]
by Dave Jolly A couple months ago, I wrote about the economic policies of Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker are working to reduce the state deficit and increase the overall economic and job growth in his state. Scott, limited union bargaining powers, cut state spending and reduced taxes, all of which have led to […]
posted on February 18, 2013 byGiacomo Evidently, Colorado Democrats aren’t concerned about their 7.6% unemployment rate with their newly proposed legislation. On Friday, the Colorado State House of Representatives which is controlled by Democrats, used a voice vote to give an early approval House Bill 1224 that would drive out some of […]
By Michael, on January 4th, 2013 The middle class in the United States is being systematically destroyed, and nobody is doing much of anything to stop it. Our incomes are shrinking, our share of the income pie is at an all-time low, our jobs are being sent overseas, debt burdens have soared to unprecedented […]
March 13, 2012 by Paul Craig Roberts On March 9, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that 227,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs were created by the economy during February. Is the government’s claim true? No. Statistician John Williams reports that 44,000 of these jobs, or 19 percent, consist of an add-on factor derived […]
Lew Rockwell LewRockwell.com In many ways, the unemployment numbers are much worse than they appear. One factor has been the timing of the US census. The bureau hired some 700,000 workers to collect data, people who otherwise were having a very difficult time navigating the choppy labor markets. They went for the jobs because they […]