economy
Chicago labor to march for jobs
April 23, 2010Under the banner of "Good Jobs Now! Make Wall Street Pay" Chicago labor and allies will be marching on LaSalle Street, Chicago's version of Wall Street.
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Betting on all sides
April 22, 2010If you listened to the recent testimony of Wall Street executives about the financial crisis, you would think that they were mere innocent spectators to it all.
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Emotions high as Cleveland lays off teachers, school staff
April 22, 2010CLEVELAND - Another land mine left by Wall Street's assault on American communities exploded here Tuesday night when the school board voted to lay off nearly 10 percent of its employees.
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Texans demonstrate for jobs, immigrant rights
April 21, 2010DALLAS -- Workers in front of Bank of America here in Dallas on Tax Day, April 15, demanded that banks help pay to create the 11 million jobs lost as a result of the economic crisis...
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Jobs top building trades’ agenda
April 21, 2010Construction joblessness is above 20% and bank credit for private construction has been yanked in the recession. Jobs top unions' agenda.
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