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.
Report: Unemployment insurance fails workers with volatile schedules
In many service sector jobs, including food service and retail, workers often experience volatile schedules that wildly fluctuate from week-to-week and wreak havoc on their lives.
July unemployment rate doesn't reflect truth about joblessness
While 131,000 people found jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the number of unemployed people rose by 197,000 to 9.67 million.
Official February unemployment at 6.7 percent
U.S. Unemployment rose by 0.1 percent in February, to 6.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
UAW's King: "Activism is needed to overcome obstructionists"
In a message to 1,000-plus activists at UAW's political action conference in D.C., the union leader said activism is even more necessary because 2014 is an election year, when foes of workers will go all out against them.
On recession’s sixth anniversary, U.S. still down 8 million jobs
Six years after the onset of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy needs nearly 8 million jobs to return to pre-recession health.
Republicans leave unemployed #OutInTheCold
Heavy lobbying efforts were underway to extend unemployment insurance for the more than 1 million long-term jobless.
Emergency action urged on unemployment benefits
Call Congress at 1-877-318-0483 with the message "extend unemployment insurance now."
Tell Congress to extend unemployment benefits now!
In addition to the 1.3 million who will be immediately cut off, an additional 3.6 million people will lose benefits in the coming year unless Congress acts.
