February 24, 2014
Walmart, the world’s most profitable retailer, is starting to show signs of decline. Last week, the company reported a 21 percent dip in profits over the fourth quarter and a decline in its same-store earnings over that same period, leading a financial analyst to downgrade the company’s stock rating on… Read More»
Tags: Bloomberg, food stamps, hours, Ken Jacobs, OUR Walmart, taxes, wages, Walmart
February 20, 2014
Evan Soltas would like you to know he read a book about unions. In his recent Bloomberg View column, Soltas ponders the thesis of Richard Freeman and James Medoff’s seminal book What Do Unions Do? and concludes that unions don’t do much in today’s economy. As Soltas notes, Freeman and… Read More»
Tags: Bloomberg, EPI, Soltas, UAW, union value
