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Trumka, others push jobs ideas while GOP plays chicken

July 13, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other panelists convened by the labor federation offered ideas on July 11 on how to get the U.S. out of its persistent jobs crisis.

Unionists say America needs collective bargaining

July 13, 2011 By Luis Rivas

"Our challenge is to build a movement that restores the American Dream," said Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen.

Mitt Romney: waffles and Bain in 2012

July 12, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

Bain Capital, the source of much of Romney's vast wealth, does little to help his job-creating credibility.

St. Louis rally opposes cuts (with video)

July 12, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

Over 200 community activists, union members and students rallied outside of right-wing Republican Senator Roy Blunt's office in St. Louis demanding "no cuts" to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

Labor-backed think tank: Job slump will continue

July 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

There's bad news for the nation's 14 million unemployed: Two top experts at the Economic Policy Institute say the jobs slump will continue.