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Conyers’ Legacy Continues With Push for Jobs by Congress
Conyers said this week, “My most important bill is the Full Employment Act.”
Social Security Threatens to Close All Field Offices
Answers have never been farther than your local Social Security office, where employees are extensively trained to give you accurate and helpful answers. There's a reason Social Security is …
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Sri Lankan Youth Desperate for Change
It has been five years since Sri Lanka's brutal three-decades-long civil conflict came to an end in May 2009, but for the country's youth, true national reconciliation is still …
Does a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin and Anthony Davies debate whether a higher minimum wage means less jobs for young people entering the employment market.
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.