Work and Economy
November 13, 2008 -
Still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Ike, Galveston suffered yet another blow this week as the county's largest employer announced plans to cut almost a third of its work force. The decision will also mean a dramatic loss of beds in the island's only hospital.
November 12, 2008 -
This Friday, Nov. 14, 75 students from 26 U.S.
November 11, 2008 -
Labor union members and workers looking for economic change voted in large numbers for Barak Obama this month. The union vote helped secure white middle-class voters for Obama in battleground industrial states like Pennsylvania and Ohio,
September 29, 2008 -
After years of decline, the number of U.S. coal miners suffering from dreaded black lung disease appears to be rising again -- and the increase seems to be especially dramatic in southern Appalachia, the Times West Virginian reports:
September 25, 2008 -
A nationwide mobilization will launch this weekend to address America's deepening environmental and economic crises. Green Jobs Now, a national day of action set for Saturday, Sept.
August 19, 2008 -
It's been the sort of week that probably makes Duke Energy chief Jim Rogers feel he's earned his $9.9 million annual salary, what with all the trouble he's had to deal with.
August 15, 2008 -
There's been a barrage of bad news on the economic front this week, with inflation growing at the fastest rate in 17 years, average weekly wages posting the the biggest year-over-year decline since November 1990, and the number of people receiving unemployment benefits at the highest level in almost five years.