Jobs

  • How Can We Solve The Jobs Crisis?
    Mark Brenner
    Oct 10 2011 - 9:47am

    Three years into a staggering recession, Washington is finally talking about jobs. Unfortunately for 25 million people who can’t find full-time work or have given up looking, Congress is stuck on pea-sized proposals. Where are new engines of economic growth?

  • Facing Consensus on Austerity This Labor Day, Is Labor Ready to Test Its Independence?
    Mark Brenner
    Sep 5 2011 - 9:27am

    Job growth is zero, but Congress is fixated on deficits, with a bad case of austerity fever. Now labor leaders are making noises about turning their backs on Democrats.

  • A Disastrous Debt Deal: Just Cuts, and No Jobs

    The Senate handed Republicans a complete victory this afternoon, in a crisis they manufactured, then exploited, to wring $2.1 trillion in cuts from the federal budget over the next decade.

  • Thousands March on Wall Street, Calling for Jobs
    by Pam Galpern
    Apr 30 2010 - 9:18am

    Thousands gathered in Manhattan April 29 calling for good jobs and accountability from Wall Street. Four entire four blocks were full of union members, community and housing activists, and retirees with signs declaring “Make Wall Street Pay.”

  • Don't Subsidize Lousy Jobs, Say Teamsters in New York Warehouse Drive

    The mantra is jobs, and the government has unlocked the public coffers to subsidize employers that are hiring. But what kind of jobs are they creating with our tax dollars? In New York, the Teamsters are putting the heat on employers only too happy to pocket public money while creating lousy jobs and fighting unions.

  • ‘There Are No Tea-baggers in Soup Lines’

    Auto workers outshone the tea-party types as dueling demonstrations took place in the snow outside the Detroit Auto Show today. Small numbers of auto workers gathered to say government should use its role in the auto bailout to direct the factories toward job-creating green products such as high-speed trains and wind turbines—and should enact Medicare for All.

  • Bronx Battle Line: Development on City's Dime Must Push Up Wages
    by Mischa Gaus
    Jan 7 2010 - 5:49pm

    Refusing to promise a living wage, a New York retail developer lost out on about $60 million in subsidies. Campaigns nationally are tying public money used in mega-projects to decent wage and working standards.

  • Jobs with Justice Backs Hyatt, Verizon Workers
    Jane Slaughter
    Oct 24 2009 - 1:02am
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    Jobs with Justice’s Week of Resistance and Recovery September 24-October 1 brought out thousands of workers and allies to chastise bailed-out bankers and agitate for jobs. In 20 cities across the country, JwJ chapters attempted to spark a fight for economic recovery.