Author Archives : Amy Dean

A Rising Silicon Valley Doesn’t Lift All Boats


Collective bargaining and good public policy is needed for California’s tech corridor to foster widely shared prosperity Silicon Valley is the center of innovation in our economy. But are the profits it generates helping to bolster a strong middle class? This question is as relevant today as it was in the 1990s, when the dot-com boom began. In fact, tech…

Silicon Valley’s Minimum Wage Success Story: Businesses concerned with minimum wage increases need look no further than tech’s capital


Minimum wage increases are being enacted in cities across the country, from SeaTac, Washington, to Washington, D.C. Wherever a hike is proposed, free market conservatives offer the same dire warnings: Raising the minimum wage will increase unemployment, depress growth and hurt workers. The latest example is Seattle, where Mayor Ed Murray finds himself under pressure from the city’s businesses after…

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