Labor
Jobs, justice and climate: what the G20 must do to ensure global economic recovery
March 14, 2009As G20 finance ministers gather in the UK today (Friday) to agree the world's response to the economic crisis, the Put People First platform has released a blueprint charting a path out of global recession that...
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Some great films to watch this Womens History Month
March 13, 2009“Erin Brockovich” “ (2000) Starring Julia Roberts, this is the true story of a single mother who lands a clerical job in a law firm, then stumbles upon a giant power company’s systematic cover-up of how...
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Taking Employee Free Choice Act to the streets, media
March 13, 2009CLEVELAND — Dozens of activists committed to workplace fairness and economic recovery gathered here March 7 for a three-hour speakers training session to promote the Employee Free Choice Act. The event, held at Trinity Cathedral, brought...
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Jobs report worst since Great Depression
March 13, 2009The United States is now facing levels of joblessness comparable to those of the Great Depression. Labor Department data released this month shows in February, employers eliminated 651,000 jobs, the third month in a row that...
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L.A. teachers facing mass layoffs
March 13, 2009On Tuesday the Los Angeles Board of Education approved nearly 9,000 layoff notices for permanent elementary school teachers, probationary teachers, and some non-teaching personnel and administration officials. LA is the second largest school district in the...
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