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California hotel ordered to shell out $36,000 in back pay

October 7, 2011 By Blake Skylar

An Embassy Suites hotel was found guilty of denying required paid rest breaks to seven of its workers, and has been ordered to pay each of them about $5,000.

Sounding the alarm for jobs, beating the drum for justice

October 7, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The message was loud and clear here at the Take Back the American Dream conference earlier this week: Jobs not cuts!

Eclectic group of dramas make their debut

October 7, 2011 By Bill Meyer

I'd like to discuss five disparate but memorable dramas that represent the rich choices available for viewers.

Cuban Five prisoner freed

October 7, 2011 By Ben Chacko

Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert, one of the Cuban Five, imprisoned by the U.S. on spying charges, was released from a federal prison today after 13 years behind bars.

Official jobless rate stays at 9.1 percent

October 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Private businesses claimed that they added 137,000 new jobs, but 33 percent of those were Communications Workers and Electrical Workers, who returned to their posts after calling off the strike.