Here’s an introduction to bonds. Continue

I don’t normally watch TV but this morning it was on ABC’s Good Morning America. GMA had a segment with its financial correspondent, Mellody Hobson. She was talking about things in our wallets - what to carry and not to carry. She offered some very good suggestions but there was one that really stuck out. Continue

Many of you were there when UE members at Serious Energy occupied their factory in February and won an agreement that the company would keep the plant open 90 days and look for a buyer of the business to save these good jobs.  It was a great victory for the workers and our movement. Continue

If all you heard about the September 2011 Employment Situation released this past Friday from traditional media and stock market reports that the market closed up you would conclude that the employment situation was just hunky dory. But if we were given some context about September’s job number we would realize that it’s just another weak report and another indication that the ‘New Normal’ will be very painful… Continue

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