Jobs
‘Focus on jobs, jobs and more jobs’
February 19, 2010Congress and the president must take swift and bold steps to stop the jobs crisis in this country, a coalition of labor and civil rights organizations told reporters on a conference call Feb. 19th.
Read moreRecovery Act success stimulates the push for job creation
February 18, 2010Reports released this week show that Republican claims that the stimulus was a failure are dead wrong.
Read moreCalifornians rally for jobs
February 18, 2010Over 1,000 workers and union activists gathered in the state capital on a working day recently in a spirited rally for job-creating legislation.
Read moreSteelworkers call for Civil Rights 2.0: A youth-led jobs revolution
February 17, 2010A ringing call for a new militant Civil Rights movement "2.0" centered on the fight for jobs was recently made by leaders of the United Steelworkers, Leo W. Gerard and Fred Redmond.
Read moreJobs crisis spotlighted at monument built by WPA
February 11, 2010DALLAS - At a Robert E. Lee memorial built by the New Deal's WPA government jobs program, an NAACP leader and others called for federal action on jobs.
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