economy
St. Louis rally opposes cuts (with video)
July 12, 2011Over 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.
Read more
Labor-backed think tank: Job slump will continue
July 12, 2011There's bad news for the nation's 14 million unemployed: Two top experts at the Economic Policy Institute say the jobs slump will continue.
Read more
CWA: “We’ve had no choice but to fight”
July 12, 2011Carolyn Wade didn't go looking for a fight, but she's in the middle of a big one: some call it a war on workers.
Read more
President needs to pivot back to jobs
July 11, 2011It is now 99 percent certain that the private economy is NOT going to cause the bad jobs numbers to change direction.
Read more
Jobs crisis worsens, Texans call for people power
July 11, 2011The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an increase of only 18,000 net new American jobs in June 2011.
Read more