AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Economic Crisis Hitting Young Workers Hard
March 1, 2010 by
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A whole generation of workers is being denied the opportunity to gain a foothold in the U.S. economy . We need real jobs with benefits. We need health care reform so millions of young workers will be protected if they get sick. …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Trumka: Obama Absolutely Right to Make Jobs Top …
January 27, 2010 by
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Now it’s time for all of us to get busy and work together to bring the big changes that are essential—starting with enacting a jobs bill that is big enough to create jobs for the millions of people who want to work and can’t find jobs. … This is the time for a broad movement of Americans demanding jobs and an economy that works for all, and we’re ready to put our energy and leadership into building that movement—taking the fight to the doorstep of the banks that are …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | The Working Class Has Spoken. Will Democrats …
January 21, 2010 by
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And as AFL-CIO Richard Trumka has pointed out, Massachusetts voters have the same goals for reforming health care, creating good jobs and strengthening the economy as they did in November 2008—but President Obama and the Democrats have done too little. … I think we should start all over and fight for what we actually want — a single payer system like Canada’s — not what the insurance-industry-owned US Senate is willing to give us . I also think it’s way past time for …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Trumka: Massachusetts Voters Say Democrats …
January 21, 2010 by
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If 10.2% are unemployed and 17% are underemployed, then one does not need to be Paul Krugman, Ben Bernanke or a staff economist at a Washington think tank to realize that the U.S. economy is not firing on all cylinders. …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Trumka: To Solve Job Crisis 'We Must Create …
January 6, 2010 by
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The U.S. corporate-capitalist economy , “free market” capitalism, 30 years in decline and now collapsed, is indifferent to the needs of working people for good jobs to sustain their families. A transition to a socialist economy is …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | The Past Decade the Worst for America's Workers
January 2, 2010 by
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This from the Washington Post: The past decade was the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times… WaPo is the kind of newspaper that leans heavily toward emphasizing happy economic news, even in the face of 10 percent unemployment. …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Union Leaders Tell President's Economic …
December 18, 2009 by
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Daniel Marschall, AFL-CIO Legislative and Policy Specialist for Workforce Issues, reports on union participation in this week’s meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. … of 57 national and international labor unions and represents workers from all walks of life. Together, we seek to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. Go to aflcio.org · Blog Archives · Link to Us …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | California Union Members Host First-Ever …
December 3, 2009 by
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History teaches us that in times of severe economic hardship, the creation of good jobs to lift people up is the only path to a sustained recovery. It’s time we prioritized investment in putting California back to work. …
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Bipartisan Report Shows U.S. Must Move …
November 20, 2009 by
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The 2009 report to Congress by the bipartisan U.S. -China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) is a call to action for the United States to move aggressively against China’s illegal moves in the global economy and to create an …
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BIO | BIO Announces Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to …
November 16, 2009 by
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tuesday, November 17, 2009) - The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announces that Presidents Bill Clinton and George W . Bush , the 42nd and 43rd Presidents of the United States, will appear together for a …
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