unemployment

60 organizations demand gov’t create millions of jobs

December 17, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

A coalition of 60 labor, civil rights and community organizations launched a campaign Dec. 16 to pressure Congress to "put America back to work" by passing legislation that creates millions of living-wage jobs.

Obama presses jobless aid, job creation

December 9, 2009 By John Wojcik

Restoring job growth and returning people to work is a top White House priority, President Obama said in a major speech yesterday.

Jobs: The time for talk is over

December 7, 2009 By John Wojcik

For the last three months this newspaper has covered jobs conferences, jobs seminars and job creation think tank gatherings too numerous to count.

For Black males it’s a depression

November 30, 2009 By John Wojcik

While the country struggles with double-digit unemployment Black males face jobless rates that are twice as bad.

Minnesota experience may offer solution for ‘jobless recovery’

November 27, 2009 By Barb Kucera

When President Obama convenes a White House forum Dec. 3 to consider ways to create jobs, he should ponder a program that worked successfully for Minnesota in the 1980s.