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Ratio of job seekers to job openings slips below 3-to-1
October 24, 2013Even in the industries with the most favorable ratio of unemployed workers to job openings, there are still 30 percent more unemployed workers than job openings
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Hypocrisy red alert: GOP lawmakers probe Obamacare delays!
October 24, 2013Shimkus and Kinzinger are only two of many Republicans who ahave already declared the enrollment of people in the health care exchanges a "failure."
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Today in labor history: NAACP sends “Appeal to the World” to the UN
October 23, 2013The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.
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Today in labor history: 50th anniversary of Chicago public schools boycott
October 22, 2013On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups organized Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
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White House issues update on HealthCare.gov
October 22, 2013In response to mounting problems swirling around the Affordable Care Act's new website to buy health insurance, the White House issued an email update announcing "the best and the brightest" in technology are fixing the bugs.
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Today in labor History: First Medicine Lodge Treaty signed
October 21, 2013The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867.
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Today in labor history: General Motors agrees to end employment discrimination
October 18, 2013The turnaround came ten years after the commission had filed a complaint that African Americans, Latinos, other minorities, and women were being unfairly treated.
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Today in labor history: “Salt of the Earth” strike begins
October 17, 2013The film was written/directed/produced by members of the original "Hollywood Ten," who were blacklisted for their refusal to cooperate with the government witch hunts against communists.
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