Jobs
Report: Public sector cuts kill private jobs, too
July 23, 2012Public sector job cuts are politically motivated, orchestrated by the Republicans and disproportionately hurting women and minorities.
Read moreMaritime unions, industry join forces to save jobs
July 23, 2012Maritime unions and the U.S. industry joined forces to try to reverse a last-minute provision inserted in the new highway-mass transit law.
Read morePeugeot to sacrifice workers for profit
July 23, 2012Philippe Varin's decision to cut 8,000 jobs and close a factory in France has rightly provoked shock and outrage.
Read moreGOP shoots down another jobs bill
July 20, 2012Once again, a planned Senate Republican filibuster brought down a jobs bill, the Bring Jobs Home Act.
Read moreIllinois Bain victims want action from GOP lawmakers
July 19, 2012The 170 workers whose jobs are slated to be shipped to China and the town's mayor are pressing their representatives to keep the jobs here.
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