Labor
States and cities look to freeze wages; threaten layoffs
March 8, 2009State and city workers across the country are facing threats of layoffs if they don’t agree to have wages frozen.
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Bad, bad, bad jobs report: Unemployment at 8.1 percent
March 8, 2009Original source: Stunningly bad news on the nation’s jobless rate today: Unemployment worsened to 8.1 percent in February, from 7.6 percent in January, the highest level in more than a quarter century, according to Labor Department...
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Vigil held to protest murder of undocumented worker
March 7, 2009SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A poster-sized photograph with flowers and votive candles formed a sidewalk altar in front of the Sacramento County Main Jail Feb. 26, as more than 40 activists held a press conference and protest-memorial...
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COMMENTARY: The Big Lie about employee free choice just keeps getting bigger and bigger
March 7, 2009Human Events, the right-wing magazine that Anne Coulter describes as the place where she really feels at home, sent out alerts all over the Internet March 6 claiming that Vice President Joe Biden was meeting “in...
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Memo to Obamas auto task force: build mass transit
March 7, 2009DETROIT — As the situation for autoworkers and all American workers continues to decline, stopping the hemorrhaging loss of jobs is clearly a top priority. So here’s a suggestion for President Obama’s auto task force: include...
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