Tuesday March 16, 2010
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A First Look at the Job Market in the New Year
BY Masao Suzuki | San Bruno, CA | 2/10/10
On Feb. 5 the Department of Labor released their report on the January 2010 job market. The good news in the report was that the official unemployment rate fell from 10.0% in December to 9.7% in January.
Economic Crisis
Production and Profits are Growing As 85,000 More Jobs Are Lost in December
BY Adam Price | United States | 1/08/10
On Friday, Jan. 8, the Labor Department reported that 85,000 more jobs were lost in December of 2009. This was much worse than mainstream economists predicted and shows that another ‘job-loss’ recovery may be underway.
Economic Crisis, Unemployment
Drop all charges against U of MN SDS members
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 11/13/09
As most know, members of SDS at the University of Minnesota are facing student conduct code charges for dropping banners at freshman convocation on September 3rd of 2009.
Economic Crisis, Students for a Democratic Society
Newark Protest Charges Bank of America in Foreclosure, Homelessness Epidemics
BY David Hungerford | Newark, NJ | 10/26/09
Within the last few years Newark, New Jersey and nearby communities have been devastated as thousands of homes have been foreclosed and tens of thousands made homeless.
Bank of America, Economic Crisis, Foreclosures, People's Organization for Progress
Students build the fight against effects of economic crisis
BY Jacob Flom | Milwaukee, WI | 10/20/09
Since the near collapse of the banking system, Americans have paid billions to banks that are now making record profits. Meanwhile, students, workers and homeowners are facing unforgivable unemployment, homelessness and debt.
Economic Crisis, Education Rights
UCLA Students, Faculty and Workers Walk Out Against Cutbacks
BY Eric Gardner | Los Angeles, CA | 9/26/09
The fall quarter started off with a bang across the University of California system, Sept. 24 as thousands of workers, faculty, undergrads and graduate students walked out of work and class to protest severe budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and tuition hikes.
Economic Crisis, UCLA, University of California, walkout
Milwaukee Students Rally Against Budget Cuts
BY Daniel Ginsberg-Jaeckle | Milwaukee, WI | 9/18/09
100 students came to the Student Speak Out rally Sept. 14, an event created by Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society to raise awareness of how the economic crisis is affecting students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Budget Cuts, Economic Crisis, Students for a Democratic Society, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
U of MN SDS launches Save Our School campaign
BY Stephanie Taylor | Minneapolis, MN | 9/03/09
The University of Minnesota Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter infiltrated the ‘Welcome Week’ convocation to drop banners, Sept. 3.
Economic Crisis, Save Our School (S.O.S.) campaign, Students for a Democratic Society
'We Say Fight Back!' national conference to be held in Chicago
BY Chapin Gray | Chicago, IL | 8/28/09
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, leaders and organizers across the country are gearing up for the “They Say Cut Back, We Say Fight Back!” national conference planned for Oct. 3 in Chicago, Illinois.
'We Say Fight Back' Conference, Economic Crisis
Deal to save Rosemary Williams’s home falls through, the fight goes on
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/04/09
On Friday, July 31, at about 3:00 p.m., Rosemary Williams got word that the deal with Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation (GMHC) to buy her home fell through.
Economic Crisis, Foreclosures, GMAC, Rosemary Williams
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