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As Netroots Rage at Gibbs, Long-Term Jobless Left Behind

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Amid the anger among progressives over White House spokesman Robert Gibbs’ attack on the”professional left,” a leading cause of the wide-ranging disenchantment with President Obama that threatens Democrats in November remains untouched: long-term joblessness. The new, scaled-down legislation signed by Obama yesterday to save teachers’ jobs and help states pay for Medicaid won’t help the nearly 30 million …

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Deficit Craze Stiffs Jobless Again — 3 Million Could Lose Benefits in July

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Deficit-mania has struck Washington again, with most Democrats and the Obama administration essentially accepting the propaganda of deficit hawks while also calling for extending unemployment insurance benefits. The result? The Senate failed again to pass a relatively bare-bones “stand-alone” benefits extension bill that doesn’t even include a COBRA extension, or aid to the states to …

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White House Boosts ‘Flexible’ Workplace, As 15 Million Still Seek ANY Workplace

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The White House on Wednesday took time out to promote the value of a flexible workplace that can accomodate two-paycheck families. With 15 million people officially unemployed, it made one nostalgic for a time before the recession, when people worried about the quality of their work lives rather than about just finding a job. But …

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With A Third of Workers at Risk of Job Losses, Progressives Launch New Drive For More Aid (VIDEO)

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With heavy defections from Blue Dog Democrats, the House of Representatives still narrowly passed Wednesday evening 217 to 212 a $154 billion jobs package. It included funds for states to retain front-line workers, aid to the unemployed and transportation projects. But a jobs bill has yet to be voted on in the Senate, where it’s …

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Big Unions Hail Healthcare Bill Passage, as Senate Challenge Begins

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Union leaders joined President Obama in hailing the historic, if narrow, passage of major health reform legislation in the House this weekend. The bill “is a fiscally responsible bill that will cover 96 percent of Americans, end insurance company discrimination and denials of care and equip health care providers with the tools they need to …

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Shilling on the Corporate Dollar

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Business-sponsored ‘scholars’ deliver anti-union talking points. Testifying before the Senate labor and health committee hearing in March, economist Anne Layne-Farrar of the corporate consulting firm LECG warned about the horrendous impact of the Employee Free Choice Act. Its potential to increase union membership from between five and 10 percent, she said, “would result in an …

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Unions, Progressives To Launch Wall St. Reform Drives This Week

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Unions and progressive coalitions are seeking to add grass-roots organizing power to President Obama’s calls for financial reform, with stepped up activism from the AFL-CIO, Jobs for Justice and the progressive Americans for Financial Reform coalition all starting this week. Following last week’s AFL-CIO convention that aimed to jump-start reform drives and the union movement, …

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As Obama Speech Fires Up Base, Insurance CEOs Emerge As New ‘Villains’

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(The following post is part of our Taking Back Labor Day blog series. Many people view Labor Day as just another day off from work, the end of summer, or a fine day for a barbecue. We think that it’s a holiday with a rich history, and an excellent occasion to examine what workers, and …

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Why Does Chamber of Commerce Favor Arbitration for Workplace Rape Victims, But Oppose It for Union Workers?

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Yesterday, the union movement ramped up its attacks on the Chamber of Commerce over its “two-faced” approach to the Employee Free Choice Act’s provision requiring arbitration if a business won’t bargain in good faith after a union’s been chosen by workers. As the AFL-CIO Now blog observed: The latest Big Business tactic is to attack …

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As Chamber Lobbies, Its Paid Expert Says: No Unions, No Minimum Wage Law Needed

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This week, the Chamber of Commerce launches its most forceful lobbying effort yet to kill the Employee Free Choice Act and to end talk of compromise on Capitol Hill. The Chamber is donning the masquerade of championing workers’ rights by railing over the myth that the bill would take away the secret ballot — it …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

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