Jobs
AFL-CIO to the nation: Make King’s dream America’s reality
January 17, 2020With an eye to defeating Trump labor leaders and activists gather in Washington and launch a campaign to end voter suppression and restore voting rights.
Read moreTrump’s promised manufacturing revival never came—Will it matter in 2020?
November 7, 2019Recent data shows manufacturing jobs are disappearing across Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio, states critical to Trump’s re-election chances.
Read moreI’m one of the workers Donald Trump lied to about saving jobs
September 18, 2019Trump keeps giving tax breaks and federal contracts to companies that send Midwestern jobs—like mine—out of the country.
Read moreFaced with big merger threat, “Arizona Republic” staffers move towards unionization
September 13, 2019“The future of local journalism depends on all of us standing up to protect our newspapers.”
Read moreJobs numbers conceal real unemployment and underemployment rate of 7.2%
September 6, 2019130,000 new jobs last month—but 20% of them were census temps. “This isn’t a very strong employment report,” AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs said.
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