Damon Silvers

Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Aft, Randi Weingarten, John Kerry, Mark Warner, Afl-Cio, Lindsey Graham, Tom Donohue, Damon Silvers, p3s, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Alcoa, Richard Trumka, US Chamber of Commerce, United Food and Commercial Workers, Clinton Global Initiative, Business News
Michael Likosky

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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Zach Carter

Labor Union Threatens To Support Progressive Challenger To Key Democrat Over CEO Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Primary, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street Reform, Afl-Cio, Efca, Obama, Democrats, Tim Johnson, Labor, Blanche Lincoln, Wall Street, Shainiean, US SIF, Banks, Damon Silvers, Unions, Executive Compensation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's largest labor union federation on Friday threatened to challenge the powerful chairman of the Senate Banking Committee in t...

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Foreclosure Hearings Show Homeowners Who in Washington Cares

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, JPMorgan Chase, Congress, Hamp, Barney Frank, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters, Damon Silvers, Congressional Oversight Panel, Business News
Richard Zombeck

While the result of recent mortgage foreclosure and HAMP hearings remains to be seen, there's a sense that a handful of government officials get it and seem to be looking out for the rest of us.

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William Alden

Kenneth Feinberg, Former Pay Czar, Admits Contradiction In His TARP Role

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Damon Silvers, Congressional Oversight Panel, Bailout, Kenneth Feinberg, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Citigroup, Business News

Testifying before the Congressional Oversight Panel on Thursday, Kenneth Feinberg came close to admitting that he had failed in his job as pay czar, s...

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Jane Hamsher Gets It Wrong on Unions Not Leading the Fight Against the Banks

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Damon Silvers, Elizabeth Warren, Ed Yingling, Economic Crisis, Financial Reform, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Mike Elk

AFL CIO President Richard Trumka has been the leading voice of the progressive movement on these issues, twisting the arms of Democrats behind the scenes to get them to push for tougher financial reform legislation.

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TARP Oversight Panel Says It's Been Ignored By Geithner And Paulson

Congress Daily | By Bob Kemper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Damon Silvers, Geithner and Paulson, Congressional Oversight Panel, TARP Oversight Panel, Ignore Oversight Panel, Financial Crisis, Business News

The Congressional Oversight Panel, the group charged with overseeing how the federal government allocates $700 billion to prop up the nation's financi...

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