AFT PRESIDENT RANDI WEINGARTEN shakes hands with and walks the picket line with West Virginia teachers forced to strike over 10 years without a raise, plus rising health insurance premiums. AFT Photo via PAI Photo...
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Infrastructure critical to country’s economic success
by Chris M. Stevens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Infrastructure. The lifeblood of a successful country. Roads, rails, bridges, airports, schools, clean drinking water, sewer systems, the Internet, etc., all provide the physical connection of a culture. And the means to move product and deliver services.
Illinois House Testimonies on the Consequences of Repealing Prevailing Wage
On Tuesday, February 27, the Labor and Commerce Committee in the Illinois House held a hearing titled “Impacts of Repealing the Prevailing Wage.” Frank Manzo IV, MPP, Policy Director of the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI); Robert Bruno, Ph.D., Director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois; and Kevin Duncan, Ph.D., Professor...
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