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Unions press Senate to back stimulus bill

February 4, 2009

Reposted from Workday Minnesota WASHINGTON - Unions and their allies, working both through ground troops and over the air, are pushing senators of both parties to approve the giant economic stimulus bill now moving through Congress.

To help economy recover, join a union

January 31, 2009 By John Wojcik

Rise in union membership reported The Labor Department reported Jan. 29 that the number of union members increased by 428,000 in 2008, hiking the total increase in union membership to 750,000 in the last two years.

House passes economic recovery bill

January 30, 2009

Original source: Hoping to put the brakes on an economy spiraling downhill and out of control, the House today passed (244-188) an $825 billion economic recovery package that could create or save as many as 4...

Business as usual? Federal Reserve keeps interest rates near zero

January 29, 2009 By Joe Sims

Economic news worsened Wednesday as the House of Representatives voted on the stimulus package with the Federal Reserve Board’s Open Market Committee admitting that the “economy has weakened further. Industrial production, housing starts, and employment have...

‘Country needs our help’ — progressives urged to rally around recovery plan

January 29, 2009 By Special to People’s World

WASHINGTON — With more people filing for unemployment than at any time in the past quarter century amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the head of a key center for labor and progressive...