Survey: 36 percent of U.S. “financially desperate” or barely getting by
The study by the world's top global union federation, adds that the proportion is higher among women, people aged 16-24 and those with less education.
Unemployment would be 6.2 percent if it included discouraged jobseekers
Governments never hired back all the workers they fired in the Great Recession, and there's been a resulting drag on the current recovery.
Unemployment rate rises in June to 4.9 percent
Unemployment for African-American teenagers jumped by 33,000 from May to June, and their joblessness rose to 31.2 percent.
GOP House Speaker Ryan plan would trash labor, consumer regulations
Ryan's 57-page document is part of a Republican agenda he's putting forward as a platform before the GOP National Convention.
Active unionists go one for two in June 5 primaries
One of them, who won in New Jersey, said he would continue to push for more jobs and safer neighborhoods.
U.S. economic system traps unions in the green vs. blue conflict
The latest green vs. blue conundrum has taken the form of a dispute between labor leaders, and controversy has kicked in.
What’s the value of this man’s work?
His name is Kwaku Agyeman, and he has a job pushing wheelchairs for airport passengers who otherwise would have a hard time getting around.
Trump offers workers scapegoats, not wages
Like a preacher of prejudice, Trump validates cursing the nation's marginalized and accusing them of emptying workers' bank accounts.
The "Right-to-Work" movement's attack on women workers
If strong public sector union jobs are eroded as a result of the right-to-work movement's attack, this will be an added setback for women's economic status in the U.S.
2015 ends with five percent jobless rate, claims of new jobs in December
While the economy added jobs, the workers barely added to their paychecks.
