Jobs
Senate GOP health bill could cost nearly a million jobs
July 13, 2017A study from the Commonwealth Fund says the GOP's replacement for Obamacare could cost 919,000 jobs in less than a decade.
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White collar unemployment blues, take four
July 11, 2017For the fourth time in my adult life, I've been laid off. Each is intertwined with the capitalist system I was born into and cannot escape.
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There were 6.977 million jobless workers in June up 116,000 from May
July 10, 2017There were 6.977 million jobless workers in June, up 116,000 from May.
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Needed: Clean environment and good jobs—or we’ll have neither!
June 9, 2017Some viewed pollution as a blessing, a harbinger of jobs. Air that tasted of sulfur signified paychecks. But it meant early death.
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Dems try again to raise federal minimum wage to $15
May 26, 2017“In the year 2017, a job must lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it."
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