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New Labor Split? Trumka Refuses to Denounce Obama Chamber of Commerce Speech

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Many in the labor movement objected to President Barack Obama speaking at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Yet there was little protest from AFL-CIO leaders to the president’s speech. For the first time, President Obama ventured over to the Chamber of Commerce to speak. While the speech was full of the usual platitudes of …

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What Do Packers and Steelers Have in Common?

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What do the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers have in common–besides playing in the Super Bowl Sunday? Both teams are named after the major manufacturing industry in their towns. Both cities were built on manufacturing and enjoy a loyal following built on the middle-class, blue-collar jobs supported by these industries. The Packers’ middle-class fans are also …

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Another Proposed Chicago Wal-Mart Sparks Opposition

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Six years ago, Wal-Mart’s efforts to build its first store within the Chicago city limits sparked a city-wide furor and debate over the big box giant’s labor and community practices…and led to the passage of a historic living wage “Big Box Ordinance” heralded as a national model. But the ordinance was vetoed by Mayor Richard …

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The State of Native America: Very Unemployed and Mostly Ignored

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As the new year begins, it’s as good a time as any to look at a topic almost completely ignored by mainstream media: how Native American people are faring in the U.S. labor market. The economy and its paucity of jobs dominated U.S. headlines throughout 2010, but news media overlooked the particularly difficult experiences of …

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Jobless Rate Falls, But Job Creation Falls Short of What Nation Needs

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The new year started with better but not great news on the jobs front. The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Labor released this morning show that unemployment dropped from 9.8 percent in November to 9.4 percent in December. Even with the expected holiday season hires, only 103,000 net new jobs were created last …

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Story of an Unemployed Executive – With a Hidden Message for Survival

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Just read a story on AOL about a CEO of a small construction company. (Actually two stories…the original and her update).  Link at the end of the post. Even though she doesn’t acknowledge it….or maybe even recognize it, within her stories there is a message for how to survive and find the next job. Simply …

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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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