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Is it time to think about Unemployed Councils?
April 24, 2020Unemployed Councils cropped up in the 1930s during the Great Depression and again in the 1980s after mass layoffs. Do we need them again today?
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Sioux Falls Smithfield disaster reflects ongoing national battle
April 23, 2020Local AFL-CIO leader: "We all want to go back to work but to a workplace different from the one we left behind.”
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Progressive economists say unemployment rate now 18% as jobless claims hit 26.5 million
April 23, 2020The Economic Policy Institute calculates the real jobless rate is 18.3%, or one in every 5.5 workers.
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Brazilian Communists sneak in ventilators to avoid confiscation by Bolsonaro or U.S.
April 23, 2020Previous attempts to buy the medical supplies had reportedly been hampered by Germany, the U.S., and the Brazilian federal authorities.
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Labor leader says Trump immigration ban “another distraction” from bad coronavirus performance
April 23, 2020Trumka to Trump: "Stop tweeting. Start leading."
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