unemployment
What do trade deals have to do with the Occupy movement?
October 31, 2011What do these two seemingly different events - the recent China trade deal and the Occupy movement - have in common?
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Chicago unemployment activist’s message of hope
October 31, 2011When Janet Edburg was laid off from her job at a Chicago photo lab equipment manufacturer three years ago, she experienced first hand the despair felt by millions of unemployed workers.
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SEIU leader: Americans, South Africans face similar challenges
October 25, 2011It appears both the U.S. and South Africa are discussing simliar issues such as rising income inequality and the challenges of advancing a progressive agenda.
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Capitalism and unemployment
October 17, 2011Mass unemployment has been a feature of capitalism since it emerged as the dominant social system in 17th century England and spread throughout the world.
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Unions to GOP: “You’re next on the unemployment lines!”
October 13, 2011National labor leaders are telling GOP lawmakers to stop playing partsian games on the question of jobs and that come Nov., 2012, Republicans will be next on the unemployment lines.
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