Labor
Survey: 36 percent of U.S. “financially desperate” or barely getting by
August 10, 2016The study by the world's top global union federation, adds that the proportion is higher among women, people aged 16-24 and those with less education.
Read moreAt a critical moment, labor’s cause is racial, economic justice
August 9, 2016"The names, the hashtags represent real people in our very own community; they have jobs; they work alongside us; they have families; they were our high school classmates."
Read more100,000 working people to go door-to-door to defeat Trump
August 8, 2016"When working people speak with a loud and strong voice, pro-worker candidates win."
Read moreU.S. unions, lawmakers protest Rousseff overthrow in Brazil
August 8, 2016"What we're seeing in Brazil is a power-grab by politicians who weren't able to win at the ballot box."
Read moreUnemployment would be 6.2 percent if it included discouraged jobseekers
August 8, 2016Governments never hired back all the workers they fired in the Great Recession, and there's been a resulting drag on the current recovery.
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