Sylvia Allegretto

 

Media – Videos

Debate on YouTube: Held at University of CA, Berkeley. November 14, 2012 " Are California’s Public Employees Over Paid?"

ADAPT International conference 2012. October 19, 2012 " ADAPT and University of Bergamo (Italy) Conference on Youth Unemployment"

VTDigger, “Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans,” July 30, 2012

UC Berkeley Teach-in on Inequality. April 4, 2012 " The American Dream: Fraying of the Folklore"

Sylvia Allegretto speaking at a Occupy San Francisco Rally.“ OCTOBER 2011 SAN FRANCISCO RALLY- SYLVIA ALLEGRETTO . " October, 2011

Center for American Progress Panel: June 7, 2011
Raising the Minimum Wage, Rebuilding the Economy

 

Radio and Television Appearances

Progressive Radio Network “ Fiscal Cliff? Grand Bargain?” November 27, 2012

Logos Radio Network “ Economic Growth and Inequality.” November 15, 2012

NPR, Marketplace, Divergent Labor Markets: Private Gains, Public Losses.
November 3, 2012.

Progressive Radio Network “The wealth of the nation.” June 19, 2012

Progressive Radio Network “The Working Poor and Inequality.” April 24, 2012

ABC KGO Channel 7 News, “New Jobless Numbers Indicate Stall in Recovery.”
April 6, 2012

KQED Forum with Michael Krasney “California’s Employment Situation.”
March 12, 2012

KPFA Letters & Politics “Discussion of the Employment Report.” March 9, 2012

KPCC, Southern California Radio, CA, “Student loan debt mounting: could it hurt the U.S. economy?.” March 6, 2012

ABC KGO Channel 7 News, “ Profitable Corporations Paying Minimal Taxes.” December 7, 2011

KPCC, Los Angeles, CA, The Madeleine Brand Show, discuss new census poverty numbers. November 7, 2011

KPCC, Los Angeles, CA. The Pat Morrison Show. “Obama’s jobs bill stalls; will jobs be created or political stalemate continue?” October 12, 2011.

KQED,The California Report, Californians Face Dismal Retirement. Oct 5, 2011.

Pacifica Radio, Obama’s Jobs Speech, two hour live commentary.
September 8, 2011.

NPR, Marketplace, Leveraging Jobs in Rural Areas. August 16, 2011.

WXBR, The Fairness Doctrine-Left, Right & Uncensored, in-depth discussion on the economic recovery. August 9, 2011.

ABC Channel 7, 7Live Show, California’s Economic Situation. August 5, 2011.

ABC KGO Channel 7 News, San Francisco, CA. Interview on employment report. August 5, 2011.

TruthDig Radio, Discussion on Minimum Wages, July 6, 2011.

KPCC, Los Angeles, CA. The Pat Morrison Show. “ Uninspiring job numbers, more jobless claims keep the American economy running in wet concrete.”
May 5, 2011.

 

Press Quotes and Accounts of Allegretto's Research

Minyanville, “ Don't Look Now, but Wal-Mart Is Facing a New Lawsuit, Even as Black Friday Strike Threats Loom,” October 22, 2012

Fox Business News, “ Jobs Blame Game: Lack of Skills or No Demand?,”
September 9, 2012

East Bay Express, “ The digital sweatshop,”August 1, 2012

Time Magazine, “Not having it all,” July 23, 2012

Mother Jones, “6 Walmart heirs hold more weath than 42% of Americans combined,” July 18, 2012

Reno Gazette-Journal, “Is minimum wage at fault in teen job slump?,” July 3, 2012

Huffington Post, “Minimum wage for restaurant servers remains stagnant for 20 years under industry lobbying,” June 6, 2012

Yahoo, “Big Story: What the minimum wage gets you,” May 30, 2012

Forbes Women’s eNews.org, “Waitress’s wages leave little to take home,” May 23, 2012

EconMonitor, “Social security matters, ” May 8, 2012

Salon.com, “Wal-Mart’s shame grows worse,” April 25, 2012

Sacramento Bee, “Lawmakers Pushing to Tie California Minimum Wage to Consumer Price Index,” April 24,  2012

Center for American Progress, “The Gay and Transgender Wage Gap,”
April 16, 2012

San Francisco Chronicle, “GOP Attacks Comment About Ann Romney,”
April 13, 2012

Sacramento Bee, “Study: California Labor Market's Struggles Far From Over,”
April 7, 2012

UC Berkeley News, “With Nods to Occupy Wall Street, Economic Inequality Teach-in Generates Light, Not Heat,” April 5, 2012

Daily Californian, “UC Berkeley Labor Center Teach-in Focuses on Economic Inequality,” April 4, 2012

Monthly Review “The Great Inequality” Volume 63, Issue 10, March 2012

Mother Jones “It’s the Wealth Gap, Stupid” February 12, 2012

Rachel Maddow Blog: Walton Wealth

CalWatch Dog “Profs at Leg Hearing Push More Gov’t” December 8, 2011

Salon “The Ultimate Wealth Gap” December 8, 2011

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “The Historic Roots of the Middle Class: Industrial Expansion in 1800s Led to New Social Divisions." November 20, 2011

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Economists Disagree Over Importance of Unions to the Middle Class,” pp. AA November 17, 2011

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “The Inequality Debate: Conservatives, Liberals Debate What Rise of Rich Means,” pp. A-6, November 14, 2011

Fortune Magazine, “The Growing Wealth Gap,” November 7, 2011

Arizona Republic, “Minimum-wage opponents were wrong,” November 6, 2011

The Los Angeles Times, “Children of Immigrants Hit an Economic Ceiling,” October 30, 2011

Olympian, “Report: Data Show Labor Unions Not to Blame for Deficits,” October 13, 2011

Sacramento Bee, “Berkeley Report: Don't Blame Public Employees for Budget Woes,” October 13, 2011

USA Today, “There Are Ways to Take Stock of Your Job Security,” October 10, 2011

Sacramento Bee, “State’s Workers Expect to See Tougher times in Retirement,” October 10, 2011

The Daily Californian, “Young People More Likely to Retire in Poverty,” October 3, 2011

TIME Magazine, “Down & Out in L.A.: When the Middle Class Goes Homeless,” September 2, 2011

San Francisco Chronicle, “California Lawmakers Wrestle with 12% Jobless Rate,” August 24, 2011

Reuters/Chicago Tribune, “For America's ‘99ers,’ Jobs Crisis is Hard to Escape,” July 7, 2011

Huffington Post, “American Labor’s Next Target,” June 16, 2011

Media Newswire, “Minimum Wage Hike Could Boost Economy, According to New Research,” June 7, 2011

Bankrate.com, “A Labor Market Down So Low So Long Has Not Been Seen Since the Depression,” June 2011

Newsweek, “Dead Suit Walking,” April 17, 2011

San Francisco Chronicle Editorial, “What Will An ‘All Cuts’ Budget Look Like?” April 10, 2011

Huffington Post, “Minimum Wage Boost Wouldn’t Hurt Job Growth: Study,” April 10, 2011

New York Times, Economix, “Inequality Is Most Extreme in Wealth, Not Income,” March 30, 2011

Indianapolis Star, “Wage for Indiana Servers is Among Lowest in U.S.” March 29, 2011

San Diego Union Tribune, “Study: 5% of Populace Holds 63% of US Wealth,” March 29, 2011

Huffington Post, “There’s No Place Like Home,” March 25, 2011

Sonoma State Star, “Don’t Blame California Public Employees,” March 14, 2011

Los Angeles Times, “Unpaid Internships Gain Popularity Among the Jobless,” March 14, 2011

Santa Rosa Press Democrat, “Sonoma County Remains Public-Union Stronghold,” March 12, 2011

Wall Street Journal, “The Public Worker Gravy Train,” February 24, 2011