unemployment – Page 31 – People's World

Mitt Romney: the empty suit clueless about the empty chair

October 16, 2012 By Leo Gerard

Billy Koehler died on March 7, 2009, for lack of health insurance. Mitt Romney said on Oct. 10, 2012, that's impossible.

Paterson protestors fight the problem of poverty

September 4, 2012 By Blake Skylar

On Sept. 2, the 21st annual Labor Day Parade took place in Paterson, New Jersey, a former factory town that has been, for decades, plagued with crime, poverty, and substance abuse.

Unionists in Tampa describe a Romney dystopia

August 31, 2012 By John Streater And John Wojcik

On the third day of the GOP convention, AFL-CIO marchers painted a picture of what would be a nightmare scenario in America if Mitt Romney were to be elected president.

Jobless rate virtually unchanged in July

August 6, 2012 By Special to People’s World

At July's rate, it would take more than eight years to get back to full employment.

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!