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Deep-Water Drilling Ban Idles Workers

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2010 The Obama administration's moratorium on deep-water drilling is affecting not only the oil companies but also the tens of thousands of workers who depend on the rigs for their livelihood and are now being laid off. To make matters worse, some of the rig owners are exploring moving their operations to other countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Accused of Hiring Temps for Obama Visit

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2010 A parish official in coastal Louisiana has publicly accused BP of busing in cleanup workers to be present only for President Obama's visit on Friday. BP rejects the accusation, claiming no out-of-the-ordinary temporary hiring had taken place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Real Unemployment Number: 17.5%

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2009 More than one in every six U.S. workers are either unemployed or underemployed, a statistic arguably more significant than the 10.2 percent jobless rate posted in October, as it factors in those who have quit looking, as well as part-time workers desiring full-time gigs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ICE Cools It on the Quotas

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 A controversial program that had set quotas for the arrest of undocumented immigrants is finally over. While U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will continue to bust into homes and workplaces, arresting and deporting illegal immigrants -- some without deportation orders or criminal records -- agents will no longer have a hard number that has to be met. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In the Jobless Numbers, a Glimmer

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2009 Woe is still the economy, but several numbers are indicating that the recession might, just might, be easing up. The pace of U.S. job losses has gradually slowed, and the unemployment rate actually dropped in July for the first time in over a year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

21st Century Strikebreakers Raid S. Korea Plant

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2009 Strikebreakers have come a long way from their origins as goons with billy clubs. In South Korea, police commandos dropped from helicopters to try to end a car factory sit-in in Pyeongtaek, where laid-off employees have occupied their former workplace and are demanding their jobs back. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dare We Use the S-Word?

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 1, 2009 The current global economic crisis is not just another roller-coaster ride. Many sane and sober observers fear that the international locomotive of corporatism is going off the rails. Is this a necessary crisis of the capitalist system, determined by the self-destruction and self-renovation of a perpetual motion machine? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Pro-Union Bill in Trouble

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2009 Sen. Arlen Specter gave the proposed Employee Free Choice Act the shaft Tuesday, severely wounding legislation that would make forming unions significantly easier. Labor leaders were depending on support from moderates such as Specter, but, facing a primary challenge, the Pennsylvania Republican chickened out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Geezer Gang Is Staying on the Job

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Mar 19, 2009 Amid the talk of generational conflict in these depressed times, there's a chance for the boomer generation to make a virtue -- or a revolution -- out of the necessity of working longer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )