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Unemployment at record levels

November 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

The nation's official unemployment rate soared into double-digit territory in October, increasing 0.4 percent that month, to 10.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

Janitors call for ‘green’ cleaning

November 7, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

SAN FRANCISCO - For weeks now, teams of supermarket janitors have been traversing northern California on a mission: get supermakerts to go green.

International labor campaign against nuclear weapons

November 7, 2009 By Gary Bono

In a sign of growing international labor solidarity around broad social issues labor unions and peace groups have launched a new petition campaign to abolish nuclear weapons.

Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt

November 6, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.

Labor Department says worker productivity soaring

November 5, 2009 By John Wojcik

Not surprising at all to millions of U.S. workers were the results of a report by the Labor Department that said worker productivity soared in the last quarter by 6.6 percent, more than it has in...