Jobs – Page 164 – People's World

Joint session of Congress to hear the president on jobs

September 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, ending yet another GOP attempt to embarrass the president.

“America Wants to Work” kicks off this week

August 31, 2011 By John Wojcik

The AFL-CIO and its allies will spend weeks organizing an "America Wants to Work" campaign to focus on what they see as the nation's real crisis: jobs.

A tip for Joe the machinist: Watch your back

August 31, 2011 By Sam Pizzigati

A Labor Day reflection: Corporate America no longer even pays lip service to the importance of encouraging hard work and skill.

Hoping for an audacious jobs proposal Mr. President

August 31, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

As we approach Labor Day, 2011, the three biggest concerns on the minds of the American people are jobs, jobs and jobs.

The Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?

August 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Building 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.