Tag: Work and Poverty
Polarized Washington sets new low in failing to extend unemployment benefits
Reid, Baucus introduce new unemployment extension bill
Deficit hawk Coburn rejects benefits for homeless women veterans
Lawmakers playing political chicken with unemployment extension
Stabenow to bring standalone Unemployment extension bill
Obama presses to pass Jobs Bill as unemployment hits crisis level
Despite rising job numbers, U.S. unemployment stuck in crisis
In Gulf spill aftermath, oil workers lack advocate
The largest oil spill in U.S. history has received no absence of congressional scrutiny. Yet as lawmakers continue to focus their examinations on the environmental, economic and energy implications of the disaster, a number of labor advocates are beginning to wonder: What about the workers?