Jobs
Surprise! Economy adds 517K jobs in January
February 6, 2023The jobs jump and prior revisions produced more good news. Unemployment declined to 3.4%, the lowest point since 1969.
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BCTGM workers at Ingredion win new pact after forced 175-day strike
February 1, 2023They join the growing list of workers across the country who win battles with bosses after intolerable conditions force them out on strike.
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Jobless rate ends 2022 at 3.5 percent, marking continued recovery
January 9, 2023“Notable gains in the payroll survey for December were in education+health and leisure+hospitality, rising 67K over the month."
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D.C.-area airport workers demand better health care, pay, job protections
September 23, 2022Benjamin Swartz has epilepsy. Sometimes it’s landed him in the hospital. It also leaves him on thin ice with the aircraft cabin cleaning contractor he toils for.
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For Sen. Sherrod Brown, ‘dignity of work’ is essential to life
September 8, 2022He says “it means hard work pays off no matter who you are and what you do.”
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