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.
Banks should pay to repair their mess, rally demands
The rally's point was dramatized by a man wearing a tuxedo and a pig mask who made mock attempts to steal purses and pick the pockets of demonstrators.
Struggle requires long view, Jesse Jackson tells left gathering
A conversation with the Rev. Jesse Jackson before an overflow crowd opened this year's Left Forum conference at Pace University in lower Manhattan this weekend.
Labor rally calls for jobs, protests Bank of America
A spirited lunchtime crowd of some 2000 workers heard local, state and national leaders slam Wall Street and urge action and large-scale investment for jobs.
Tax the rich and create jobs now!
With 35 percent unemployment in building trades and looming state budget cuts to education, labor unions and allies are demanding Wall Street banks pay their "fair share."
Oakland residents demand action vs. banks
OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.
In Show-Me State, calls to tax the rich, show us some jobs
"Government has a responsibility to assist people in these hard economic times," former autoworker Clem Smith told a crowd on the state Capitol steps.
Rally: Jobs crisis a life and death emergency
CHICAGO - Dozens of people rallied here at Federal Plaza today demanding that Congress act immediately to address the worst job crisis since the Great Depression.
Chicago youth demand jobs
CHICAGO - "Jobs now" echoed across a frozen Federal Plaza as hundreds of youth demanded passage of federal youth jobs legislation and voiced their anger over being left out of the legislative process.
Republican hypocrisy on Recovery Act runs rampant
Not on single Republican voted to pass President Obama's economic recovery act in February 2009, but now they are all trying to get a piece of it.
