Obama turns up the heat on big business
The president's speech to the Chamber of Commerce Feb. 7 was much more than the "thaw with business leaders."
Facing benefit cutoff, jobless "99ers" organize
Activists note official unemployment in Connecticut has more than doubled to about 170,000 since 2007, with no sign of improvement. It's a crisis for the entire state and demands emergency attention, they say.
It's official: jobless rate in January at 9 percent
Unemployment dropped in January by .4 percent to 9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. It was the second straight .4 percent monthly decline in the official rate. That was the only good news in the report.
GOP: no to jobs, attack women instead
In addition to ignoring the jobs mandate, Republicans have now introduced a bill that redefines rape and incest as only that which is "forcible."
Troops line up in fight to stop GOP attack on government
Senate Democrats came out swinging Jan. 26 against a GOP budget plan they said risks the loss of 1 million jobs.
Michigan governor goes down old, no-solution path
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address last night showed that his drive to "reinvent" Michigan is neither new nor a balm for this crisis-weary state.
Trumka: State of the Union must be a call to action on jobs
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged President Obama to make next week’s State of the Union Address a “call to action, a call to invest in our future, to create jobs, to be the country we can and must be.”
At King birthday rally, elected officials urge grassroots involvement
Bay area elected officials addressed a crowd that packed the great hall at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6 to honor the great civil rights and peace leader.
Health reform helps Californians, repeal would be costly
The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) has released a report detailing what would happen to Californians if repeal happens.
Wal-Mart job-killing "Trojan horse," says new report
Allowing Wal-Mart open a store here would be akin to letting in an economy-killing "Trojan Horse," says this city's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and he has a study to prove it.
