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When Four Jobs Aren’t Enough: Why We Need a Living Wage
No person should die because they were too exhausted to leave the car after working multiple shifts just to make ends meet.
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Labor Day Victories to Celebrate
It would be easy to go on about how bad things are for labor rights, but it is worth highlighting a couple of good news items against the current …
Fed Chair Signals Possible Policy Shift on Unemployment
Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed chair Janet Yellen's recent comments on bringing unemployment down could be positive but Fed policy still remains toothless in helping out working Americans.
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Truth Has No Place in the Attack of Inflation Hawks
There is a growing push by inflation hawks to get the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates.
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It’s Not Just a Job
'When a nation exports its jobs to other countries, its citizens are depreciated as human beings.
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The Scary Economic Trend Making Americans More Job-Insecure Than Ever
Under-the-table, off-the-books work has become the norm for many.
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Inflation Hawks: The Job Killers at the Fed
Many in the financial industry couldn't care less about unemployment. They don't want to risk any inflation that could erode the value of their wealth.
Job Growth Slows in July
Wage growth slowed slightly in the last quarter to 1.8 percent from 2.0 percent in the last year.
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Young Latin Americans Face Spiral of Unemployment, Poverty
In Latin America, young people are the main link in the chain of poverty leading from one generation to the next.
Strong Job Growth Continues in June
Wage growth has been more rapid for production workers than their supervisors.