economy
Postal union workers to stage hundreds of rallies Sept. 27
September 26, 2011In every congressional district across America postal workers will rally with their allies on Tuesday, September 27 in a fight to save the nation's mail delivery service.
Read moreObama: Fair taxes on the rich will pay for jobs
September 21, 2011President Obama today called for using $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue raised from the wealthy to pay for the American Jobs Act he proposed last week.
Read moreDemanding economic reform, hundreds “occupy” Wall Street
September 20, 2011More than 1,000 people, mostly young and college educated, came together Sept. 17 to occupy Wall Street.
Read moreUnions, not “right to work” laws, bring back an automaker
September 19, 2011The labor movement is a key part of a recently successful effort to get a company to build a plant here that will produce diesel/electric vehicles.
Read moreSharp rise in foreclosure notices
September 15, 2011Home foreclosures grew sharply in August, a marked 33 percent increase after slowing to a trickle over the last year, making it the sharpest rise in four years.
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