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Who’s Fighting for Public Workers?
Somehow the right has managed to stigmatize public-sector jobs so effectively that only politicians of rare and admirable courage are willing to defend them.
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Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs in April, Sharp Drop in Labor Force Leads to Plunge in Unemployment
Voluntary part-time employment has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.
New Network for Social Justice Unionism Seeks to Change the Labor Movement
Interview with Michelle Gunderson, co-founder of the Network for Social Justice Unionism.
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Obamacare: First Fruits for Workers?
If people are upset about the government giving health care money to people who don't deserve it, they are looking in the wrong direction when they look to the …
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Why We Need A 10.4 Million Jobs Plan
It doesn't matter what Friday's report of the March job numbers shows. If you listed our national problems in order of priority, jobs has to be at or near …
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Economy Adds 192,000 Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Unchanged
The ACA appears to be allowing workers to opt for part-time jobs and older workers to retire early.
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When Capitalism Fails, a Job Should Still Be a Right
Every American should have the right to a good-paying job that lets them provide for themselves and their families.
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Four Postal Unions Bury the Hatchet To Save Services, Standards
With all these wolves circling at the gates, you'd think the postal unions would have banded together to fight as one. Sadly, for whatever reason, that has not been …
Dean Baker | The Texas-California Job Growth Derby
In recent months conservatives have been boasting about the strong job growth of red state Texas compared to the much weaker job growth of blue state California. It's worth …
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Oh, the Humanity
There are now some 5.66 million missing workers in the United States, neither counted nor accounted for. To notice them would be to raise the unemployment rate to at …