Jobs
South Carolina voters want to reverse damage by GOP state government
February 27, 2016South Carolinians desperately need better paying jobs, more accessible health care and better schools, but Governor Haley is using a $400 million surplus for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Read moreFor this worker, Indian Point nuclear leak was no surprise
February 23, 2016As an ironworker you can end up working in some interesting places; Indian Point nuclear plant, about an hour north of New York City along the Hudson River, was one of them.
Read moreLabor leaders say unions will unite behind one candidate in 2016
February 21, 2016The federation is holding off on an endorsement at this time while some of its unions work for Clinton and others for Sanders.
Read moreJustice Dept. to prosecutors: Tackle job safety crimes, other abuses
February 19, 2016The point is to make violations of job safety more costly to errant companies, hopefully deterring the firms from breaking the law in the first place.
Read moreInequality by the numbers
February 11, 2016We Americans like to think of ourselves as a middle-class country where the top is not out of reach and the bottom doesn't pose such a grim, cautionary specter.
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