By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal
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People Worried About Income Inequality (The Kudlow Report)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal explains that while it's true that income inequality isn't quite as bad if you account for programs that provide low-wage income support, the GOP's plans to reduce that support and lower taxes will make the problem worse.
Advocates for Workers Raise the Ire of Business (NYT)
Steven Greenhouse writes about how businesses are reacting to the rise of worker centers as an alternative model for labor organizing. He quotes Greg Asbed from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, who decries businesses' attacks on these centers as "McCarthy-era tactics."
- Roosevelt Take: Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Richard Kirsch interviewed Greg Asbed and two of his fellow organizers prior to the 2013 Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards, where the Roosevelt Institute awarded the CIW the Freedom from Want Medal.
How Walmart Organizers Turned the Internet Into a Shop Floor (In These Times)
Sarah Jaffe looks at the innovative ways that OUR Walmart has used social media to organize discussions, build leaders, and support protests. She writes that these online spaces are valuable ways for organizers to reach workers and activists alike.
Mayor, Speaker Reach Deal on Paid Sick Leave (Capital New York)
Sally Goldenberg reports that New York City's top elected officials have reached an agreement to expand the city's paid sick leave law, which currently only applies to companies with at least 20 workers. Lowering that threshold will give more workers access to paid sick leave.
Obama Weighing Executive Action on Minimum Wage? (WaPo)
Greg Sargent writes that according to Senator Bernie Sanders, the White House is seriously considering raising the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. Unlike raising the federal minimum wage, this could be accomplished with an executive order.
All the Jobs Growth Last Month Went to Women. (And That's Not Necessarily Good News for Them.) (TNR)
Emma Roller considers some of the problems with current job growth, which is primarily low-wage, going so heavily to women. She points to this "sinking floor" rather than the glass ceiling as the issue that is affecting most women in the workplace.
New on Next New Deal
Is Bridgegate Politics as Usual, or Beyond the Pale?
Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Bo Cutter considers the Christie administration's actions in light of his years of experience in government. He says that because the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge affected normal people, this case is particularly terrible.