Today in 2008 The U.S. Department of Labor reports employers slashed 533,000 jobs the month before — the most in 34 years — as the Great Recession surged.
•The $79 trillion heist • Today’s labor movement needs a bigger vision • Costco sues US government over tariff refunds • Maybe a general strike isn’t so impossible now • NTSB: Loose wire, electrical blackouts led to Dali crash into Key Bridge • Railroad workers warn rail mega-merger would be disaster for workers • UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges
