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Guaranteed work: California commission calls for government jobs program after pandemic Sacramento Bee 3/4/2021 Jeong Park, The Sacramento Bee Mar. 3—The Sacramento Bee is exploring the future of work in California as the state recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The series is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems. Popular Searches California labor and economic leaders in a new report are calling for a "social compact" for workers, including ideas such as...

Print this article Winning control of both houses of Congress and the White House had Democrats pondering ways to secure national dominance, whether that be by pushing to add Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as states or abolishing the Electoral College. But one tactic hasn’t received nearly as much attention as it deserves: the manipulation of civics education. Required adventures in “action civics,” student protest and lobbying for course credit, will eventually be paired with a push to lower the voting age to 16 or 17, an idea Democrats have already broached at the national level ...

Over the years, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have played an important role in the South African economy. The well-operated and financially sound enterprises are and have been crucial for infrastructure services such as energy, transport, and water, all of which are necessary to grow our economy and to ensure equity. However, in recent years, the SOEs have been honey pots of State Capture, largely because of their large procurement spend. As Daniel Kaufmann puts it, “corruption is the name, but procurement is the game.” Unfortunately, we are still recovering from the terrible damage caus...

The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) has called on government to seriously apply collective wisdom before any moves on enforcing stricter lockdown measures are formalized. FEDUSA’s call comes in the wake of widespread media reports that the NCCC will be urgently meeting following the continued spike of COVID - 19 infections and the move to advanced level 3 restrictions, announced on 28 December 2020. South Africa simply cannot afford another hard lockdown. Small businesses being one of the key drivers and contributors to GDP have been crippled, as StatsSA recorded 2.2 millio...

I think the president should focus on making bad jobs better or not trying to gain strength in any area that's been declining in jobs. >> let's be clear. when you're hollowing out a middle, a middle used to be powered by those manufacturing jobs and you replace it with jobs that don't even pay enough to send the kid to college, let alone buy a house, that's a real problem for the economy. you could have strong manufacturing but a not strong middle. it's not something people want to hear. >> so, the first thing we have to do is make those bad jobs better. we can't go anywhere with 60 million cr...