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Union Summer interns work to save endangered shipyard

July 14, 2011 By Blake Skylar

"We're a pretty good team," says Sarah Mandel, one of a group of young interns working here to stop the Avondale shipyard from closing.

Pick up the phone today

July 14, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

It's toll-free: today and tomorrow, July 14 and 15, call 1-866-251-4044 and voice your opposition to any plans to cut Social Security.

Shipyard workers see chance to save their jobs

July 14, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers, unions, community groups, small businesses and others in the fight to save 5,000 jobs at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans are feeling better now about the possibility of a victory.

Italy: Barbarians at the gates

July 13, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

There are signs that the Italian economy is running off the rails, but the signs are subtle. Lots of locked houses and long grass, for instance.

Trumka, others push jobs ideas while GOP plays chicken

July 13, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other panelists convened by the labor federation offered ideas on July 11 on how to get the U.S. out of its persistent jobs crisis.