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by Leo Hindery, Jr., July 25, 2011, The Huffington Post America is facing a catastrophic jobs crisis. Not since the Great Depression has official unemployment hovered above nine percent — where it is today — for more than 20 months. Millions of American have given up looking for a job altogether. Even worse, real unemployment
Read moreThe House Committee on Education and the Workforce today continued its partisan attack on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by approving a bill to prohibit the NLRB from doing its job of protecting workers and their right to bargain collectively. The so-called “Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act” (HR 2587) prohibits the NLRB from
Read moreA bipartisan plan to cut the deficit appears to be getting a major boost in Washington, but caveat emptor (buyer beware) warns the IAM. The proposal, negotiated by a group of senators from both parties known as the “Gang of 6,” is said to reduce the deficit by about $3.7 trillion over the next ten
Read moreSpace shuttle Atlantis lands for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Today’s landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis marks the end of NASA’s shuttle program that started with the first launch in 1981. Tens of thousands of workers, including IAM members, played key roles in building, launching
Read moreMore than 6.8 million jobless Americans are about to see their situations go from bad to worse. A few months ago, UCubed released a map showing states that are currently pushing bills to punish the unemployed by reducing jobless benefits and subjecting the unemployed to drug tests. The new map reflects the ongoing GOP
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