Jobs
SEIU, Jobs with Justice to push higher minimum wage
July 19, 2012The Service Employees and Jobs With Justice joined a last-minute campaign to get Congress to raise the minimum wage.
Read moreWorkers at Illinois plant say Romney is outsourcing their jobs
July 18, 2012Workers at a Bain Capital-owned company here are demanding that Mitt Romney come to town and stop the planned shipping of their jobs overseas.
Read moreAFL-CIO: Call senators today to pass Bring Jobs Home Act
July 18, 2012The AFL-CIO and other backers are urging the public to contact their senators immediately to tell them to vote "yes" on the bill.
Read moreNew Study: Romney tax plan would kill 800,000 jobs
July 17, 2012Mitt Romney's tax plan would reward companies for exporting more U.S. jobs as well as encouraging the firms to duck taxes.
Read moreDocumenting the disaster
July 16, 2012"Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" is an examination of endless heartbreak and the clinging to the slender thread of hope.
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