Economy
July 12, 2010 -
As the 2010 Census count winds down, the agency which has employed over 700,000 people over the last two years -- a vital boost during the Great Recession -- is now laying off most of its employees, as The New York Times reports:
July 8, 2010 -
By Arthur Fox, Labor Notes The U.S. Supreme Court in mid-June knocked down 600 decisions by the National Labor Relations Board on the grounds that only two NLRB members lacked the authority needed to issue binding decisions. While pulling the rug out from under 600 decisions may seem cataclysmic, the likelihood is that the NLRB, now up to its full complement of five members, will quickly re-issue the decisions given that they were, for
July 6, 2010 -
By Ryan Knutson,
July 2, 2010 -
The nation's unemployment rate in June, according to a government report issued today: 9.5%
July 2, 2010 -
By Joe Uehlein, Labor Notes "There are no jobs on a dead planet." That's how one union leader answered those who say that unions should be concerned only about jobs, and leave the planet to someone else to take care of. Many unions and both labor federations hailed Barack Obama's bold talk about solving America's jobs crisis by putting millions of people to work in "green jobs" that would solve the climate crisis by