Op-ed: Raising the minimum wage: A good start, but not enough
Too much of our debate is around how expensive public assistance programs are rather than about how large corporations make huge profits by paying such low wages.
View ArticleOp-Ed: Support Walmart employees in their Black Friday strike
Many employees of Walmart and other retail outlets across Connecticut will have to leave their families early to open stores at midnight for the notorious “Black Friday” holiday sales. Others will join...
View ArticleStymied in Washington, labor still finds friends in Hartford
In the worlds of business and labor, Connecticut’s political identity is shaped by the partisan and ideological collisions that take place this time of year in the legislature’s Labor and Public...
View ArticleMalloy says there is ‘consensus’ on tax hike rollbacks
One day after House Democratic leaders said they had just began to discuss Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s last-minute budget proposals, the governor declared Wednesday there already is a “consensus” agreement...
View ArticleCT senators introduce bill to close ‘loophole’ in checks of gun buyers
WASHINGTON – Joined by several of their Democratic colleagues, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy on Wednesday fulfilled a promise to introduce a bill aimed at closing a “loophole” in federal...
View ArticleLabor, advocacy groups call for tax hikes instead of budget cuts
A top Connecticut labor leader blasted Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget as continuing “to protect the very, very wealthy,” offering a counterpoint to the governor’s call for deep spending cuts...
View ArticleOp-ed: Raising the minimum wage: A good start, but not enough
Too much of our debate is around how expensive public assistance programs are rather than about how large corporations make huge profits by paying such low wages.
View ArticleSupport Walmart employees in their Black Friday strike
Many employees of Walmart and other retail outlets across Connecticut will have to leave their families early to open stores at midnight for the notorious “Black Friday” holiday sales. Others will join...
View ArticleState memo: COVID vaccine providers should emphasize vulnerable populations
Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.orgMikaela Coady, a physician assistant with Priority Urgent Care of Ellington, fills a syringe with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at St. Bernard Church in...
View ArticleIn an evolving economy, lawmakers take roles once played by unions
Joe Amon :: Connecticut Public Radio/NENCBefore the pandemic, Micali Marison, left, loads empty boxes on a pallet for co-worker Calvil Leslie after restocking the shelves at a Walmart, the nation’s...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....