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The Union of Unemployed (UCubed) has released a new website in its efforts to organize, educate and empower unemployed and underemployed Americans. Features include a running tab on the “real” unemployment rate which now stands at 14.4 percent. Unlike the official unemployment rate, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is 7.8
Read moreThe IndustriALL Global Union Executive Committee is calling for an international “Mexico Days of Action” during the week of February 18-24, 2013. The dates coincide with the tragic Pasta de Conchos mine accident that killed 65 miners in 2006. The refusal of the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico, Mexico’s largest mining corporation, to recover the
Read moreSecretary Hilda Solis The following is a statement from Tom Buffenbarger, International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), following the announcement that U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will retire: “As the daughter of immigrant parents with union jobs, Hilda Solis brought a new energy to the U.S. Department
Read moreMore than two dozen Flight Attendants from Delta Air Lines took part in a three-day planning session at the Winpisinger Center to promote their ongoing campaign to win IAM representation. Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants met this week at the Winpisinger Center for three days of organizing training, strategy sessions and planning. The training began
Read moreThe idea that the American economy is sluggish because of a ballooning federal budget deficit is a complete and total farce, says co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, Robert Kuttner. The real reason, according to Kuttner and many economists is that the economy is slow because of high unemployment. “For months, we have
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