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D.C. jobless rate officially passes 10 percent
The Washington, D.C., Department of Employment Services announced June 19 that the District’s official rate of unemployment reached 10.7 percent…
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Chicago Mayor’s parking meter swindle sold out people to Morgan Stanley
On Dec. 4, 2008, the City Council voted 40-5 to illegally sell the city’s parking meters to Morgan Stanley. The…
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Fred Smith: capitalist criminal
Hollywood movies are littered with "rags-to-riches" success stories in which poor and disadvantaged individuals fight all possible odds on their…
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Millions of care giving workers in dire financial straits
A new survey by Evercare and the National Alliance for Caregiving indicates that approximately 17 percent of 44 million U.S.…
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Timothy F. Geithner: capitalist criminal
On Jan. 26, Timothy Geithner became the U.S. secretary of the treasury. A former president of the Federal Reserve Bank…
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Study exposes lies that blame immigrants for unemployment
A study released in May by the Center for Immigration Policy shows there is no correlation between unemployment and immigration.…
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Drop in remittances makes Mexican villagers pay for U.S. economic crisis
Continuing its global path of destruction, the economic crisis has sent remittances to Mexico down as much as 21.1 percent…
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Hartmarx workers take on Wells Fargo
Menswear maker Hart Schaffner Marx has been in a bind. Known as Hartmarx, the financially troubled company has been under…
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White House ‘recovery’ plan: Lay off more workers
It is now clear exactly what type of "recovery" the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry has in mind:…
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Stop the attacks on auto workers!
This is an edited version of a talk given at the PSL Chicago branch meeting on May 16. The current…
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