“First Fridays” Vigil for Jobs — New York City *Vigils are temporarily suspended, pending legislative developments on a jobs bill. Come Stand With Us in Albany, Chicago, Dayton, Detroit, Long Island NY, and New York City to Send a Message to Washington, DC Create a National Jobs Program Joblessness and Service Cuts Must Not Become… Read More First Fridays
Can My Boss Do That? Interfaith Worker Justice: work rules, hiring/ firing, safety, pay, benefits, time off, rights Unemployment Insurance, US Dept. of Labor Unemployment Insurance, Washington Ctr for Equitable Growth The Next Recession Is Really Gonna Suck: The extra help unemployed people got during the Great Recession has emboldened states to mistreat them. Delaney,… Read More Unemployment Insurance
The Fate of Keynesian Faith in Joseph’s Countercyclical Moral, Douglas Grote 7/13 The Permanent War Economy: Real Security or False Promise? by Rev. Finley Schaef and Rev. Dr. Douglas Grote; designed to be used as an insert for church bulletins. Five Years Closer to Economic Justice: A Proposal to the National Council of Churches of… Read More Education Tools for the Faith Community
Social Security Links AFL-CIO–Social Security Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Dollars and Sense David Langer’s articles EPI Issue Guide–Social Security National Academy of Social Insurance National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare National Jobs for All Coalition Social Security Page Social Security Advocacy Resources Social Security Media Watch Program-IWPR Social Security Programs Throughout… Read More Education Links
Uncommon Sense #21: (rev.) by Richard B. Du Boff, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Bryn Mawr College By any standard, Social Security is the most successful social program ever enacted in the United States, guaranteeing a measure of basic security for nearly all workers and their families. For nearly two-thirds of the elderly, Social Security provides… Read More “Social Security Is Not in “Crisis”
