Recession
Hearing investigates jobs crisis in Dallas
March 3, 2010The North Texas Workers Rights Board, an adjunct of Jobs with Justice, held public hearings on the jobs crisis recently at Judge Luis Sepulveda's courtroom in Dallas.
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Debate rages on how to solve Black unemployment
March 3, 2010A debate raged recently over growing Black unemployment - 30 percent among youth - as President Obama renewed federal support for historically Black colleges.
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Machinists union creates website to organize nation’s unemployed
February 23, 2010A new website nicknamed UCubed aims to unite over 31 million unemployed Americans to get organized, build power and fight together with the labor movement for jobs and economic recovery.
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Desperate times in America: selling food stamps to pay bills
February 22, 2010With high unemployment appearing to be a permanent part of the economic picture, the long-term poor are turning to increasingly desperate measures to survive.
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‘Focus on jobs, jobs and more jobs’
February 19, 2010Congress and the president must take swift and bold steps to stop the jobs crisis in this country, a coalition of labor and civil rights organizations told reporters on a conference call Feb. 19th.
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