Jobs – Page 142 – People's World

Jobless rate drops to 8.6% because 315,000 drop out altogether

December 2, 2011 By John Wojcik

This morning's government report was full of unsettling statistics.

Jobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension

December 1, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.

House votes today on first part of GOP “jobs” plan

November 30, 2011 By John Wojcik

The measure, H.R. 3094, would deny workers the right to fair union elections by blocking changes proposed by the National Labor Relations Board.

New Haven prepares for week of action for jobs

November 29, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Actions include supporting the emergency need for massive public works jobs to restart the economy and aid communities, to be paid for by taxing the rich and ending the wars.

U.S. last in unionization among developed countries

November 28, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The U.S. is dead last among 21 top developed nations in both unionization rates and union coverage of the workforce and it's not because of globalization or high technology.