Jobs
What do trade deals have to do with the Occupy movement?
October 31, 2011What do these two seemingly different events - the recent China trade deal and the Occupy movement - have in common?
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Chicago unemployment activist’s message of hope
October 31, 2011When Janet Edburg was laid off from her job at a Chicago photo lab equipment manufacturer three years ago, she experienced first hand the despair felt by millions of unemployed workers.
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Eyewitness describes brutality in tobacco fields
October 28, 2011"What we saw was never to be imagined: When the work day ends, farm workers - men, women, and children - returned to grim camps."
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Manufacturing jobs coming back to the U.S.? What’s the catch?
October 27, 2011The big-name Boston Consulting Group issued a report titled "Made in America Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S." But the key word in the title is why.
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California car wash workers win union contract
October 26, 2011On Tuesday, workers at Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, Calif. reached a contract, becoming the first-ever Southern California car wash to unionize, reported the AFL-CIO.
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