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March 12, 2008 – The U.S. lost a total of 63,000 jobs last month, the largest decline in jobs in nearly five years. February’s job numbers, released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, continues to fuel recession fears and pushes job losses for the year over 80,000. With 22,000 jobs lost in January,
Read moreMarch 5, 2008 – With the 2008 presidential election in full swing, a recent Gallup poll has found roughly 50 percent of Americans are worried that they will not be able to maintain their current standard of living. More than 50 percent of those polled pointed to an increased number of people losing their jobs
Read moreFebruary 29, 2008 – Roughly one in five Americans in working families are lacking the resources and budget to attain a middle class standard of living, according to a report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Movin’ On Up: Reforming America’s Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class also concludes
Read moreFebruary 20, 2008 – President Bush is threatening to force a vote on the deeply flawed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Columbia, where more than 2,200 trade unionists have been murdered during the past two decades. Take action now by cgoing to (http://capwiz.com/iamaw/dbq/officials/) to send a message to your representative urging them to oppose the
Read moreFebruary 13, 2008 – The House and Senate this week will continue to hold hearings on President Bush’s record breaking $3.1 trillion budget, which cuts or eliminates a host of domestic programs designed to assist working families while retaining costly tax breaks for the wealthy. The Bush administration is proposing more than $760 million in
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