economy
Painters bus tour rallies the vote
September 20, 2010ST. LOUIS - A nationwide, month-long "It's About The Jobs" bus tour organized by the Painters Union made a lively stop here last weekend.
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JEERS to greedy financiers, CHEERS to candy
September 20, 2010Cheers for workers defending the little candy company that makes those hearts, and jeers for the venture capitalists putting on the squeeze.
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Jobless jeer GOP Kirk on economy
September 17, 2010CHICAGO - "Thirteen hundred teachers have been laid off in Chicago, put on unemployment, their houses and cars being taken and what do we have? Mark Kirk is up there hiding!
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With layoffs come opportunities in Cuba
September 17, 2010Cuba announced a half million lay-offs this week. International affairs writer Emile Schepers gives some context and history to the announcement.
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15,000 jobless at tele-town hall cause concern for GOP
September 16, 2010Participation by 15,000 unemployed workers, Sept. 14, in Working America's tele-town hall on the November elections has Republican candidates nervous.
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