Jobs
Jobs bill is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
June 7, 2010Steve Lipton worked as a plumber for over 25 years - the last 16 with the same employer; the last eight as a general foreman. And then one day in January 2009, he was abruptly laid...
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Behind the employment headlines
June 4, 2010Today's business reports will headline a 431,000 growth in employment during May - but there's one little problem: nearly all were temporary Census jobs.
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Senator presses $100 billion jobs bill
June 4, 2010CLEVELAND - At a packed press conference and rally, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced he will introduce a $100 billion jobs bill when the Senate reconvenes next week.
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Chicago unemployed organize
June 2, 2010Unemployed workers took to the streets the day after Memorial Day to demand jobs and extension of unemployment benefits.
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Bill would lift Cuba travel ban
June 2, 2010Congress is about to vote on a bill that would end the Cuba travel ban and create an estimated 6,000 jobs in the U.S.
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