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Ted Strickland blasts GOP “monkey business” opponent
August 31, 2010Blasting his GOP opponent as someone who "only cares about Wall St.," the Ohio governor rallied labor supporters to mobilize for the November elections.
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Disabled workers suffer more, Labor Department says
August 31, 2010Workers with disabilities face higher unemployment, earn less income, and are more likely to be forced to work part-time, says the first-ever report on the subject by the U.S. government.
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Calls for new stimulus as 1 in 6 rely on anti-poverty aid
August 30, 2010As government figures show anti-poverty programs are serving a record one in six Americans, demands for a second stimulus are heating up.
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Jeers to fat assets, cheers for action on jobs
August 30, 2010Fortune 500 companies are sitting on $1.18 trillion while Alan Simpson calls seniors "greedy geezers" - but cheers to the folks and organizations who are doing something about it.
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Protesters to GOP Kirk: hands off Social Security; jobs now
August 27, 2010LISLE, Ill. - Angered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's repeated votes against extension of unemployment compensation and jobs creation, protesters crashed a posh Kirk fundraiser here Aug. 26.
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