Jobs
45,000 Verizon workers strike over company greed
August 8, 2011The 45,000 strikers walked off the job this weekend because the company has refused to budge since negotiations began July 22.
Read moreCongressional Black Caucus jobs hearings begin in Cleveland
August 8, 2011With African American unemployment at over 16 percent, the Congressional Black Caucus has launched a series of public hearings and jobs fairs across the country during the month of August.
Read moreChicago activists rally for jobs not cuts
August 5, 2011Dozens of unemployed activists and supporters rallied here at Federal Plaza August 5 urging Congress to enact a massive federal jobs program and not to cut badly needed social entitlement programs.
Read moreDebt deal: Time for diplomacy is over
August 4, 2011The Republicans are no ordinary opposition party with whom the Democrats can have amicable differences. They are racist, anti-labor, anti-democratic extremists, beholden to fascist-minded billionaires.
Read moreLabor leaders at White House press Obama on jobs
August 3, 2011Labor leaders met for more than an hour with President Obama on Tuesday, urging him to focus on jobs for the remainder of his first term.
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