demonizing the unemloyed

Can labor organize the unemployed?

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From The Institute for Southern Studies: Department of Labor figures for December showed 13.1 million unemployed and actively looking for work, almost half of them for more than six months. Another 8.1 million were working part-time involuntarily, and 2.5 million were too discouraged to look for work. … Jobs with…

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GOP Demonization Camaign Against the Unemployed

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From Colorlines: For the eleventh time since beginning of the economic downturn, Congress is tasked with extending the unemployment insurance program. But the now-familiar fight is set to take on a new flavor this time as a tactic Republicans pushed at the state level elevates into the congressional debate: smearing…

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