Jobs
Labor says jobs deficit is the real crisis
August 2, 2011Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.
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Tea party takes America hostage on debt
August 2, 2011The debt ceiling crisis is the latest in a series of hostage crises instigated by the extreme right wing.
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Unions demand good jobs as study shows openings pay little
August 2, 2011"Industries that once were great contributors to our country - auto, shipbuilding, machine tools and even electronics - are shadows of what they once were," declares the Task Force on Job Creation, in its report, released...
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For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough
August 1, 2011Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.
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Letter from a reader: Freedom means choice
July 29, 2011One peoplesworld.org reader writes from Louisiana, land of the blues, on unemployment, ballot choices and getting a tax break for yachts.
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