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Panel pushes end to secrecy on women’s pay

June 21, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Rampant secrecy about pay, often written into employers' rules and "employee handbooks," helps fuel pay discrimination against women on the job, a panel of equal pay advocates says.

White House looking to foreign companies to create U.S. jobs

June 20, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Foreign direct investment is an important part of the U.S. economy. Close to six million workers are employed by foreign-owned businesses worth some $3.1 trillion, the White House Council of Economic Advisers reported.

World’s domestic workers win historic victory

June 20, 2011 By Dan Margolis

The new rules, which must be ratified by at least two countries to come into effect, calls for national governments to ensure that discrimination is ended and that child and forced labor be abolished outright.

Interfaith coalition tells Congress: Put job creation first

June 16, 2011 By Henry Millstein

The group, comprised of Muslim, Christian and Jewish organizations, called on Congress "to protect poor people from bearing the brunt of budget cuts."

White House steps up campaign to “cut government waste”

June 13, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

President Obama signed an Executive Order initiating the Campaign to Cut Waste, ordering each department and agency to report regularly to Vice President Biden who will head a new task force on government accountability.