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Vice President Greg Anrig

Greg Anrig, is Vice President for Programs who writes on employment and retiree benefits; Social Security solvency and reform; economic security; and tax reform.

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• Blog Post: Graph: America Has a Part-time Employment Problem
  All things considered, 2012 was a decent year for employment growth. Despite a global economic slowdown and weak demand at home, the unemployment rate dropped 0.7 points to 7.8 percent in December, following thirty-four consecutive months of steady, albeit slow, private sector job creation. The long-term unemployment rate fell, too: Last month, the percentage of people out of work more than six months fell below 40 percent of all job-seekers for the first time in more than three years. Yet even as the quantity of jobs has increased, their quality has declined. Many of the newly reemployed have had no choice but to accept part-time jobs with lower wages and fewer benefits.
  Jan 11, 2013
• Blog Post: Best of Worst in Labor: 2012
  Dec 30, 2012
• Blog Post: Labor Becomes Part of the National Conversation: The Best and Worst of 2012
  This was a tumultuous year for working people and their families. From the grassroots uprisings last winter to the low-wage workers’ strikes at year’s end, 2012 saw many people coming together for the first time and finding their voices. Below are the items that I would highlight as the best and worst developments of 2012 in the world of labor and progressive social movements.
  Dec 21, 2012
• In The News: The Ugly Racial History of “Right to Work”
  TCF's Richard Kahlenberg and Moshe Marvit published in Dissent magazine.
  Dec 20, 2012
• Blog Post: Restore Full Employment with a Massive Infrastructure Program
  Dec 14, 2012
• In The News: "Right to Work" Isn't a Civil Right. But Unionizing Should Be
  TCF Senior Fellow Richard Kahlenberg and TCF author Moshe Marvit published in The New Republic.
  Dec 13, 2012
• Blog Post: Graph of the Day: Corporate Profits Rise to New Heights as Wages Decline
  Corporate profits in the United States rose $67.3 billion in the third quarter of the year, to a record $1.99 trillion—an increase entirely accounted for by the financial sector. Employee wages, meanwhile, continue to shrink as a share of the economy.
  Dec 4, 2012
• In The News: Help Obama Find His Shoes
  TCF Fellow Amy B. Dean published in In These Times.
  Nov 19, 2012
• In The News: How Teachers Unions Lead the Way to Better Schools
  TCF Fellow Amy B. Dean interviews Diane Ravitch.
  Nov 13, 2012
• Commentary: President Obama Reelected—But Where Is the Pathway to Good Jobs?
  Nov 7, 2012
• Blog Post: Graph of the Day: The Slow Recovery Continues. Which Party Will Take Credit?
  The latest economic data suggests the next president, whoever he is, will inherit a slow, but steady, recovery.
  Nov 6, 2012
• Blog Post: Setting the Record Straight on Pensions
  Nov 5, 2012
• Blog Post: The Continuing Struggle for College Adjunct Unions
  Duquesne University became the latest front in the struggle of those who teach in colleges to organize unions.
  Nov 5, 2012
• In The News: Boston Public Radio WGBH 30 Issues Discussion: Unions
  TCF Senior Fellow Richard Kahlenberg is interviewed.
  Oct 26, 2012
• Blog Post: Map of the Day: Despite Job Growth, a Housing Hangover
  The national unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest level since Barack Obama took office nearly four years ago. But local data reveals many counties have yet to benefit from the economic recovery; especially those hit hardest by the housing market crash.
  Oct 24, 2012
• Blog Post: Presidential Debate Reveals Candidates' Lack of Vision
  For all that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talked about the economy during Tuesday's presidential debate, it is remarkable that neither candidate offered anything like a real solution to the high unemployment and depressed wages that continue to plague America's shrinking middle class.
  Oct 18, 2012
• Blog Post: Getting Past "Binders Full of Women"
  Romney’s cringe-worthy “binders full of women” moment reveals what we can expect from Romney when it comes to fighting for equality—and unfortunately, it’s not a whole lot.
  Oct 18, 2012
• Blog Post: Unions’ Special Interest? You.
  Allison Padgett on why unions should not be lumped together with corporations and other "special interests." There is no secret agenda behind union political activity. It exists for one purpose: to uplift and protect America’s middle class.
  Oct 12, 2012
• Blog Post: Corporate Greed Is the Problem, Not Obamacare
  Oct 10, 2012
• Blog Post: Graph of the Day: Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8%
  The jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday shows the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent in September as the economy gained 114,000 jobs and more people rejoined the labor force. Public sector employment also increased slightly as states rehired some of the thousands of teachers laid off during the recession.
  Oct 5, 2012