Closed! Pools, libraries placed on budget chopping block
PHILADELPHIA -- Protesters rallied outside of the City Council here where the city’s $3.8 billion budget passed unanimously on May 21.
States and cities look to freeze wages; threaten layoffs
State and city workers across the country are facing threats of layoffs if they don’t agree to have wages frozen.
California budget: Back to Square One, as disaster looms
he Gordian knot that is California’s budget process got a lot more complicated this week, as Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 6 vetoed a complex of compromise budget measures legislative Democrats sent him for signature, after weeks of talks between the governor and legislative leaders of both parties failed to reach agreement.
The battle to defend Social Security
Saving Social Security from privatization will be a major theme at Labor Day celebrations around the country, as members of Congress prepare to head back to Washington. Working people are determined to put Congress on notice that any proposal that undermines or privatizes Social Security is not acceptable and must be voted down. As was done in the 1930s to win Social Security and other social legislation, a massive outpouring can achieve not only protection of Social Security, but expansion of it as well.
Black Caucus hearing exposes anti-people budget
LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a revision to his budget proposal on May 13, which seeks to close an $8.6 billion budget gap by slashing social services. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus, chaired by Sen. Kevin Murray, analyzed the May revisions at a public meeting here, May 20. Community leaders testified about the budget’s impact on their services.
