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Women are starting their own businesses at more than double the rate of the overall population. Many are finding it difficult to get private insurance.

TV ADS PROMOTE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT

On Labor Day, the workers’ advocacy group American Rights at Work launched a national TV ad campaign to inform the public about the critical issues facing America’s struggling middle class. The ads build on the broad public support for the Employee Free Choice...

SOCIAL SECURITY: SAFE AND SOUND

A recent Congressional Budget Office study confirmed that the Social Security Program will be solidly funded for several decades, despite the alarmist predictions being promoted by the well-financed Peterson Foundation, according to a Policy Memo by EPI economist...

DB RETIREMENT PLANS COST HALF OF DC PLANS

A new study by the National Institute on Retirement Security has determined that a Defined Benefit Retirement plan (DB or the ”Old plan” for Guam’s Public Servants) can deliver the same retirement income at 46% lower costs than a 401k like, Defined Contribution...

RALLY ABORTED AS COUNCIL RELEASES PAY

JUST BEFORE the anger of 1,789 unpaid program and job-order employees reached the boiling point, the Mandaue City Council yesterday approved the release of P26 million out of the P35 million budget that the mayor allocated for their salaries in the proposed...