Jobs
Lame-duck Congress must act on jobs, union leaders say
November 10, 2010The Laborers Union is urging an outpouring of e-mail messages demanding passage of the Surface Transportation Act to put thousands back to work.
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Unemployed rally in Chicago after elections
November 10, 2010The Chicago Unemployed Workers Council, a project of Chicago Jobs with Justice, staged a jobs demonstration last Friday to coincide with the release of unemployed figures for October.
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Republican “jobs” plan: tax cuts for the rich
November 9, 2010Give a business owner a million dollars a day in "incentives" - if no one is coming into the store, the owner will not create a single new job.
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Obama signals he will push Congress for action on economy
November 8, 2010President Obama signaled this weekend that he will push for action on the economy during the lame duck Congress this month.
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Deficits are killing us
November 4, 2010That slogan did play a big role in killing us in the 2010 elections.
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