Time for big, bold federal jobs program
Jobs for America NOW is organizing meetings with lawmakers while they are home for the Easter recess to urge them to pass Rep. George Miller's $75 billion jobs bill.
Debate rages on how to solve Black unemployment
A debate raged recently over growing Black unemployment - 30 percent among youth - as President Obama renewed federal support for historically Black colleges.
Illinois gov. seeking full term says economy needs new ideas
ORLANDO, Fla. (PAI) - Pat Quinn claims he is thinking out of the box. The times - and the economy of both his state and the nation - demand it. And he wishes politicians in Washington would do the same.
Urgent action needed on unemployment, COBRA extension
On March 1, nearly 1.2 million workers are scheduled to lose unemployment and COBRA benefits (health coverage) unless Congress acts.
It’s an unemployment crisis, not a deficit crisis
Extension of jobless benefits is delayed again in the Senate, while conservatives push spending freezes and tax breaks for the rich.
Extend jobless benefits!
Without this extension millions of unemployed workers and families will be dropped from the rolls. Contact your senators now!
Senate moving toward smaller jobs bill
The jobs bill now being drafted in the Senate, only half the size of the one passed by the House in December, is "not enough."
Teens testify ‘We want jobs’
CHICAGO, Ill.— According to 18-year-old African American Gabrielle Banks, having a job as a young person these days, is more than just an opportunity to gain experience in the workforce or build skills. A job is critical, right now, because it helps provide for the basic necessities at home, she said.
Jobless rate declared dire emergency
WASHINGTON—Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute told a Senate hearing Jan. 21 that unemployment is a "dire emergency" that requires federal action "on a scale that can make a difference."
Unemployed protest wins changes in system
Unemployed workers in Connecticut are having a little bit easier time filing their claims this week due to a mass phone call protest.
