Margins Widen at U.S. Companies as Wages Lag Behind: Economy Bloomberg ...Companies are improving margins and generating profits as wage growth for the American worker lags behind the prices of goods and services...
Gallup survey shows 'sharp deterioration in job market' in Feburary The Hill ...Gallup's mid-month reading, which traditionally previews the government report issued at the end of the month, shows a rise of seven-tenths of a percentage from the 8.3 percent unemployment rate at the end of January...
Jobs scarce, but the stigma stays McClatchy ...An advocacy group for workers surveyed online job postings last year and found more than 100 companies that want only applicants who are currently employed...
25% of super PAC money coming from just 5 rich donors USA Today ...Five wealthy people, led by Dallas industrialist Harold Simmons and Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, have donated nearly $1 of every $4 flowing to the super PACs raising unlimited money in this year's presidential race...
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican Forbes ...Adelson could personally fund an entire presidential campaign—say, $1 billion or so—and not even notice...
We need to know who funds these thinktank lobbyists The Guardian ...The battle for democracy is becoming a fight against backroom billionaires seeking to shape politics to suit their own interests...
Unions countering GOP with voter campaign Post-Tribune ...(Indiana) Labor unions are starting new voter education campaigns in response to right-to-work legislation passed by the General Assembly. “We’re taking the anger and turning it into motivation,”...
Ohio voters may get say on ‘right to work’ Dayton Daily News ...Ohioans for Workplace Freedom wants to collect the signatures of about 600,000 registered voters in Ohio, said Chris Littleton, a Butler County resident and former president of the conservative Ohio Liberty Council. The organization needs to collect a minimum 386,000 valid signatures, Littleton said...
