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Job and wage loss major issues on Labor Day

September 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

A report on U.S. occupations - sorting 366 defined jobs data into high-income, middle-income and low-income posts - reveals data to back what workers know by instinct: The jobs that disappeared in the Great Recession were...

With walruses on thin ice, Shell pursues Arctic drilling

September 2, 2011 By Blake Skylar

As global warming threatens the wellbeing of Alaskan walruses, the government has exacerbated the issue.

Why women unionists back others under attack

September 2, 2011 By Karen J. See

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "There are only two ways to bring about protection for workers... legislation and unionization."

Philadelphia says: Heal America, tax Wall Street

September 2, 2011 By Ben Sears

Over 100 rallied outside the downtown office of Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn., Sept. 1 to deliver the message.

Trans-Pacific Trade Pact called new NAFTA

September 2, 2011 By John Bachtell

Warning of a new "NAFTA for the Pacific Rim," labor is demanding a new deal being negotiated for the Pacific region include protections for workers rights, health care and the environment.