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Michael Thornton

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Dec 10, 2017
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‘Workampers’: What It’s Like to Wander Around the Country in an RV Desperately Looking for Work

Where are the jobs? That question is on the minds of millions of Americans who have lost jobs during the Great Recession. During this historically lean jobs creation…
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Michael Thornton,
AlterNet
September 8, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room

The April 2011 BLS employment report showed a gain of 244,000 jobs, which was trumpeted by the Obama administration and the mainstream media as a continuation of a…
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Michael Thornton,
The Layoff List
May 21, 2011
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