unemployment

One-half of black youth with diplomas jobless

November 3, 2010 By Joe Sims

Already facing disproportionately high levels of unemployment due to systemic racial discrimination, the recession removed job opportunities for nearly half of those with diplomas and eligible for work.

Unemployed workers face the Grinch

October 27, 2010 By Art Perlo

As the holiday season approaches, it's Grinch time for unemployed workers and their families, thanks to congressional Republicans.

Union construction jobs at stake Nov. 2

October 25, 2010

Midterm elections are next week and union construction jobs are up for grabs in California. Nonunion building contractors in the state, hungry for a bigger share of public sector projects in the wake of the building...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Unemployed Man!

October 19, 2010 By Dean Reklaw

Ultimatum, a superhero who fights negative attitudes with platitudes, ("Stop blaming others and start blaming yourself!"), runs afoul of his Board of Directors and becomes Unemployed Man.

Unemployment at 50 percent, Detroit vows to fight

October 14, 2010 By John Rummel

Though she is without full-time employment, Emily Norton works even harder today. She now has four part-time jobs but earns just one-third of what she made while working full time.