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Study: “Good jobs” in America on the decline

August 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The share of "good jobs" in the U.S. economy declined from 27.4 percent to 24.6 percent since 1979, a new report by two labor economists says.

AFL-CIO: Walesa didn’t speak for Polish workers at Romney meeting

July 31, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The largest labor federation in the U.S. is warning Polish communities nationwide that Lech Walesa's meeting with Mitt Romney in Poland this week did not have the support of Polish unions or the labor movement here...

Native American joblessness is slow genocide

July 24, 2012 By Albert Bender

Small wonder that U.S. Native peoples are beset with a blistering, hideous panoply of social and health ills hardly seen elsewhere in this world. Unemployment kills!

Michigan’s John Conyers: Tireless champion for jobs and voting rights

July 24, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

What happens in the 2012 elections could make or break struggling cities like Detroit that have been devastated by the economic crisis.

Report: Public sector cuts kill private jobs, too

July 23, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Public sector job cuts are politically motivated, orchestrated by the Republicans and disproportionately hurting women and minorities.