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.
• A world beyond tariffs • Manufacturing jobs are never coming back • Workers at new carhaul company join Teamsters • The Teamsters make some moves on Amazon • Boeing Teamsters in Washington ratify historic contract • Inside a union’s fight against Trump’s federal job cuts • Teamsters win strike at Keurig Dr. Pepper • Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid tariff turmoil • Unions, groups launch pro bono legal network for federal workers • Tariffs mean more US steel jobs. Will there be workers to fill them? • Court blocks Trump’s federal union-busting plan, calling it ‘unlawful’ • Labor Dept. issues warning: Staff who talk to journalists face ‘serious legal consequences’
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