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Congressional Black Caucus jobs hearings begin in Cleveland

August 8, 2011 By Joe Sims

With African American unemployment at over 16 percent, the Congressional Black Caucus has launched a series of public hearings and jobs fairs across the country during the month of August.

Labor says jobs deficit is the real crisis

August 2, 2011 By John Wojcik

Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.

Unions demand good jobs as study shows openings pay little

August 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

"Industries that once were great contributors to our country - auto, shipbuilding, machine tools and even electronics - are shadows of what they once were," declares the Task Force on Job Creation, in its report, released...

Labor-backed think tank: Job slump will continue

July 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

There's bad news for the nation's 14 million unemployed: Two top experts at the Economic Policy Institute say the jobs slump will continue.

Jobs crisis worsens, Texans call for people power

July 11, 2011

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an increase of only 18,000 net new American jobs in June 2011.