Labor
California could lose billions for jobless, if lawmakers don’t act quickly, labor warns
March 14, 2009Simple changes in state legislation can bring billions in federal funds to bolster unemployment benefits, the California Labor Federation says. But speedy action is vital, with unemployment at 10.1 percent in California, and benefits for tens...
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Workers welcome Free Choice Act
March 14, 2009SAN FRANCISCO — “Celebration” was the watchword as over 250 unionists and supporters gathered for a noontime rally at the Federal Building March 9 to mark the impending introduction into Congress of the Employee Free Choice...
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Some great films to watch this Womens History Month
March 13, 2009“Erin Brockovich” “ (2000) Starring Julia Roberts, this is the true story of a single mother who lands a clerical job in a law firm, then stumbles upon a giant power company’s systematic cover-up of how...
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Taking Employee Free Choice Act to the streets, media
March 13, 2009CLEVELAND — Dozens of activists committed to workplace fairness and economic recovery gathered here March 7 for a three-hour speakers training session to promote the Employee Free Choice Act. The event, held at Trinity Cathedral, brought...
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Jobs report worst since Great Depression
March 13, 2009The United States is now facing levels of joblessness comparable to those of the Great Depression. Labor Department data released this month shows in February, employers eliminated 651,000 jobs, the third month in a row that...
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