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Unemployment crisis continues to grow

November 12, 2009 By John Wojcik

CHICAGO - "The stock market rebound is great news, I suppose, but it means nothing for us at home."

Illinois graduate employees move towards strike

November 12, 2009 By Damien Mathew

The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been engaged in a hard fought struggle to establish adequate compensation for its members.

Remembering Dave Moore

November 11, 2009 By Quill Pettway And John Rummel

DETROIT - Dave Moore, a veteran of the Ford Hunger March and a founder of the United Auto Workers union who helped shape the history of this city, died here Oct. 26, at the age of...

For Hilda Solis, workplace safety more than a slogan

November 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

If the last week of October and the beginning of November are any indication the U.S. Department of Labor is on a crime busting spree.

Unemployment at record levels

November 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.