The Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?
Building Trades unions are backing - and transit unions opposing - the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, from the tar sands of the Canadian province of Alberta to the oil refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Unemployed no longer welcome to apply for jobs?
Big business has set up a new roadblock for the jobless: employers only consider hiring those who are already working, reported the AFL-CIO. In other words, the unemployed need not apply.
Workers say King's dream not yet realized
A panhandler in New York's subways had worked for years as a union painter and carpenter before he was reduced, by job cuts, to begging for a living.
Youth unemployment exacerbates violence
New Haven's youth unemployment rate reflects the Bureau of Labor Statistics' recent assertion that the national youth unemployment rate reached an all-time high this summer.
Smiley and West's Poverty Tour: A call for unconditional brotherhood
Tavis Smiley and Cornel West brought the last stop of their "Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience" to Memphis, Tennessee. The location was chosen in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s support for sanitation workers and as the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.
Campaign to solve housing crisis and create one million jobs
The New Bottom Line campaign turned up the heat on the big banks responsible for billions of dollars in mortgage fraud.
In pilot project, AFL-CIO organizes Minnesota jobless workers
The AFL-CIO, in a pilot project in the Twin Cities and in six other areas, is trying to bring some hope back - along with practical help.
Wisconsin voters turn thumbs down on Walker agenda
Wisconsin voters yesterday rejected a well-funded attempt to recall two Democratic state senators who stood up against Gov. Scott Walker.
Ohioans rally for jobs, rights, Boehner locks them out
Hundreds of workers and their allies at events throughout Ohio rallied this week for jobs and to restore union and voting rights under siege.
Congreswoman introduces emergency jobs bill
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., plans to introduce the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act, which will put over 2 million people to work.
