Today in 2009 The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the nation’s unemployment rate soared to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs amid a deepening recession.
• ‘We deserve more’ • 28 ways you can celebrate Black History month • Teamsters donate drinking water to Texas families • Why Virginia is Organized Labor’s next big battleground • Civil Rights & the Labor Movement: An historical overview • How many Americans are out of work? More than 10 million • Amazon offers $2,000 “resignation bonuses” to bust AL union drive • Corporations, lawmakers collude in new multi-state 'right-to-work’ offensive
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