Jobs
A tip for Joe the machinist: Watch your back
August 31, 2011A Labor Day reflection: Corporate America no longer even pays lip service to the importance of encouraging hard work and skill.
Read moreHoping for an audacious jobs proposal Mr. President
August 31, 2011As we approach Labor Day, 2011, the three biggest concerns on the minds of the American people are jobs, jobs and jobs.
Read moreThe Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?
August 31, 2011Building Trades unions are backing - and transit unions opposing - the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, from the tar sands of the Canadian province of Alberta to the oil refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Read moreUnemployed no longer welcome to apply for jobs?
August 30, 2011Big business has set up a new roadblock for the jobless: employers only consider hiring those who are already working, reported the AFL-CIO. In other words, the unemployed need not apply.
Read moreMichigan Republicans cut welfare and twist Bible
August 30, 2011Michigan's Republican dominated state Legislature passed a lifetime limit on welfare benefits expected to cast 11,000 families off the welfare rolls on Oct. 1 - including more than 29,700 children.
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