January 8th, 2010
A Confluence of Misery
· St. Louis workplace shootings – 4 dead, 5 wounded
· Conference Board survey: U.S. worker satisfaction at 45% new 20 yr. low
· Dec. 2009, U.S. employers shed 85,000 more jobs – 17.3% of Americans are unemployed, underemployed or discouraged
· 37% of U.S. workers are bullied and in 2009, 28% said the abuse worsened with the recession
· Number of suicides by those who lost their identities and life purpose when their economic status was reduced to rubble — unknown, but surely rising.
All the happy talk about an economic recovery (for the publicly funded mega-banks) is balderdash in light of the reality for working people. Let’s drop the Dow Jones number obsession and start measuring what counts in real people’s lives. Until there’s an active social movement, the politicians will continue to cater to corporations.
Tags: Conference Board, shootings
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I understand this article writers ideas of the politician and corporate linkup, however I am of the mindset that this lackluster economy that we are currently experiencing has nothing in comparison with the great depression yet people still found ways to survive.
I do agree that this political climate must change and our country’s fiscal house be put in order before our economy can once again flourish and put people back to work. You cannot “buy your way out of recession”.
I am so glad I came across this. I am currently a victim of a passive aggressive and aggressive narcisstic bully. It is awful and I am in the beginning stages. any help would be great. It is consuming me everyday and effecting my family. The only thing that upsets me is that nothing is happening after reporting it and that it is consuming me and causing anxieties. How do I deal with someone who if I say “good morning” they go off?? I have just been disengaging and avoiding. this pattern isnot new from what I understand.