Jobs
Labor maps legislative battle for 2012
January 20, 2012Even the jobless benefits bill, which both parties agree upon, is hung up by a partisan dispute over how to pay for the $150 billion measure.
Read moreUnions to world leaders: Choose “jobs” or “social collapse”
January 20, 2012The world's unions are delivering a strong message to international political and business leaders: Create jobs - millions of jobs - or face the consequences.
Read moreTrumka files dissent from Obama jobs council report
January 19, 2012Trumka said he disagreed and that evidence does not support the claim that significant new job creation would result from such so-called reforms.
Read moreSteelworkers: Refinery closings could cause oil shortages in Northeast
January 13, 2012The union says oil companies' closure of three big refineries in the Philadelphia area - and a plan to demolish one plant if its owner can't find a buyer - could lead to oil shortages in...
Read morePollution rule impeded by federal court
January 9, 2012The regulation is intended to reduce, in 27 states, pollution that plays a large factor in unhealthy air downwind.
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