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Workers hold roundtables as jobs summit begins
December 03, 2009As union leaders, business CEOs and economists meet at the White House today for a jobs summit workers across the country are holding roundtable gatherings on job creation.
Read moreOn the eve of jobs summit labor call for bold action
December 02, 2009On the eve of President Obama's Dec. 3 summit on jobs labor and progressive leaders held a press conference today urging the White House and Congress to adopt the AFL-CIO's five-point jobs plan.
Read moreWorld AIDS Day: ‘Be faithful, be tested, be unionized’
December 01, 2009In South Africa, a highly successful AIDS program is led by a union.
Read moreFor Black males it’s a depression
November 30, 2009While the country struggles with double-digit unemployment Black males face jobless rates that are twice as bad.
Read moreCompanies cashing in on flu epidemic
November 19, 2009The government may have to step in to ensure companies are not using the swine flu epidemic to rip off those who come down with the flu.
Read morePaid sick days called key to slowing swine flu
November 18, 2009Unions, family advocates and health professionals are pressing Congress to pass emergency paid sick days legislation so workers can stay home if they get sick.
Read moreHousekeepers march in support of ‘Hyatt 100’
November 17, 2009CHICAGO - Hundreds of women, members of Unite Here Local 1, marched and rallied at the Hyatt hotel, telling the mega-chain to rehire 100 housekeepers it fired in Boston.
Read moreNAACP, labor demand bold action on jobs
November 17, 2009WASHINGTON - The nation's top labor, civil rights and community leaders joined forces here today and put forward a bold program they say is needed to create millions of new jobs and to lift the economy from the depths of the recession.
Read moreAmericans for Finance Reform takes aim at big finance
November 16, 2009Americans for Finance Reform is making it clear that curbing the power of the nation's finance industry will help boost the economy more than focusing on deficits.
Read moreObama calls White House jobs summit
November 13, 2009With jobless rates at record levels, President Obama announced that he will hold a White House jobs summit in December to tackle the crisis.
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