unemployment
“The Company Men”: It’s tough for bosses
January 24, 2011The story of a laid-off worker would have made a much better movie than this one, about three executives dealing with unemployment.
Read moreFood stamp use jumps to record rates in Illinois
January 20, 2011In Illinois, the number of families in need of food assistance has jumped nearly 13 percent, creating not just a political or economic issue, but a moral one.
Read moreTrumka: State of the Union must be a call to action on jobs
January 19, 2011AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged President Obama to make next week’s State of the Union Address a “call to action, a call to invest in our future, to create jobs, to be the country we can...
Read moreHow to read those December unemployment figures
January 10, 2011The nation's unemployment rate declined 0.4 percent in December but only because unprecedented numbers have dropped out of the workforce altogether.
Read moreAFL-CIO head: Unemployment benefits fight just opening shot in long battle
December 17, 2010"Soon, the same lawmakers who fought to get tax cuts for millionaires will come after Social Security and Medicare in the name of deficit reduction and 'shared sacrifice'," AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka warned.
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