Economics for Workers

Workers will bear the cost of higher interest rates; rising energy prices erase all wage gains since Trump’s inauguration; McDonald’s using AI to gouge consumers; corporate profit, federal disinvestment, and climate change are supercharging water rate hikes; damaging new rules on student loans take effect; and scammers rob SNAP recipients while Trump Administration does little to stop them.

The UE NEWS takes a look at the economics news working people need to know. New studies demonstrate the reality of the affordability crisis, examine why American employers are so stingy with vacation and what can be done about it, and explore what our country would be like if every worker that wanted to be in a union had one. Plus: new threats to your retirement.

The UE NEWS takes a look at some economics news from the past few months — from a worker’s point of view.