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In light of the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Union of Unemployed is renewing its call for the U.S. government to commence FDR-style programs that would directly employ millions of unemployed American workers. “Waiting for this jobless recovery to stimulate itself is like waiting for Godot,” said Union of Unemployed
Read moreU.S. officials could learn a lot from their counterparts in Germany. According to an article in the United Kingdom’s The Guardian, Germany has achieved “real, lasting economic success” in the midst of a recession that has crippled most other countries. The key to the country’s success, writes author John Kampfner, is innovation, apprenticeships, vocational training
Read moreNovember is a busy month for pushing back state-level attacks on working families. In Ohio, voters will get the chance on November 8 to roll back GOP Governor Kasich’s union-busting bill known as Senate Bill 5. After the Republican-controlled legislature passed the bill by a single vote last March, volunteers launched a statewide campaign and
Read moreWilliam Martin of NFFE-IAM Local 2109 in Watervliet, NY won first place in the 2011 IAM photo contest for his photo Eagle Eye that shows Kathleen Seeloff conducting a quality-control inspection of a 120mm mortar barrel. Contest winners’ photos will be featured in the 2012 IAM Calendar. The results of the 2011 IAM Photo
Read moreJames Hott, President of Longhorn Local 811 and Transportation GLR Dora Cervantes display charter document for newly established Air Transport local in Houston, TX. More than 2,700 Fleet/Ramp Service workers for United/Continental Airlines have been assigned to newly-chartered Longhorn Local Lodge 811 in Houston, Texas. The new Local Lodge was chartered following the merger of
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