Tell Newt His Plan to Fire Unionized Janitors and Hire Poor Kids is Nuts
by Mike Hall – Reposted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog We noted yesterday that Newt Gingrich wants “get rid of unionized janitors” and hire poor kids to clean the in schools low-income neighborhoods. Today...
View ArticleGingrich’s Economic Views: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Last week we learned that Newt Gingrich has a plan to fire union janitors in schools, and replace them with low income students. As Laura Clawsonwrote about a speech he made in Iowa yesterday where...
View ArticleGingrich: Poor Kids Only Work at Illegal Jobs
By Tula Connell – Reposted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog It wasn’t enough for presidential wannabee Newt Gingrich to push child labor by proposing that poor kids clean schools. Now he says children from...
View ArticleTrump Joins Gingrich in Call to Put Poor Kids to Work
by Mike Hall – Reposted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog Newt Gingrich, who says child labor laws are “truly stupid” and wants to put low-income children in poor neighborhoods to work cleaning schools after...
View ArticleObamacare Is Already Working. Why Conservatives Should Be Rejoicing About It.
The health exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, opened on October 1, 2013. An analysis by Bloomberg Government shows that competition among health insurance...
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