Good Jobs First Blog

Jun
7
2013

$2.6 Billion Spent on Cleaning Up DC Rivers Must Address Local Job Creation

SinkorSwim_WebBoxOver the next decade, DC Water will use a regressive Impervious Area Charge (IAC) to fund $2.6 billion in needed water infrastructure investments.

Jun
7
2013

Subsidizing Union Avoidance at Wal-Mart and Nissan

walmart-strike-300x168Most Americans have been made to believe that they have no stake in private sector labor issues.

Jun
7
2013

California Enterprise Zones On the Chopping Block (Again)

CA EZsGovernor Jerry Brown has again proposed elimination of California’s much-maligned Enterprise Zone (EZ) program in order to help balance the state’s precarious budget and redirec

May
30
2013

Examining Local Subsidy Transparency

Study: Big Cities and Counties Fail to Disclose Costly Job Subsidies

May
29
2013

Bosses for Buses

For Release Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Contact: Greg LeRoy 202-232-1616 x 211

“Bosses for Buses”
Study: Employer Support for Transit is Surging Locally but Fractured Nationally