Unemployment

Gaining, rather than losing, what unemployed workers have to offer would help to improve the quality of our schools, our economy and our national spirit.

Unless Congress acts, millions of Americans will be left with no benefits in an economy where the average length of unemployment is more than 37 weeks.

If Republicans really want Americans to get back to work, then it's time for them to support the policies and legislation that will put them back to work.

Dean Baker: Senator Elizabeth Warren's support for raising Social Security benefits could be exactly what we need to move the discussion of retirement income in a positive direction.

Extremists who think government support for the unemployed is holding the economy back don't have the facts on their side.

The number of people involuntarily working part-time fell sharply in November.

On November 19th, the anti-worker association filed a request for an injunction against a new Department of Labor (DOL) rule which is intended to promote the hiring of veterans …

Statistics fail to communicate the hidden depths of unemployment in the United States.

What if capitalists were not allowed to layoff whom they choose, but all workers were required to cut their hours for the benefit of the unemployed and underemployed, suggests …

Wages of production workers have outpaced those of their supervisors in this recovery.