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I recently joined a group of unemployed residents, members of the clergy, folks from Michigan Citizen Action, and a videographer on a tour of Kalamazoo.
Posted on November, 09 2011 at 11:54 PM
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I came to Washington last week to ask Congress to pass the jobs bill. The bill would create millions of jobs that we need so badly...
Posted on October, 17 2011 at 3:23 PM
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What do Michigan, Minnesota, and Mississippi have in common? All three states are home to small bridges that are falling apart...
Posted on October, 11 2011 at 9:55 PM
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At Hill jobs rally, Unemployed D.C worker who watched a teen die pleads with Congress: “Fight for us!”
Posted on October, 06 2011 at 8:19 PM
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When I was growing up in the Pittsburgh area it was known as “steel city,” and many people among my family members and friends had good, middle class jobs in the industry. In fact, they would say to me, “We can’t wait until you turn 18, so you can come work with us.” But those good jobs are long gone.
What is Pittsburgh known for now? The same thing President Obama was drawing attention to when he gave a speech about the jobs crisis on an Ohio bridge recently. Our bridges are falling apart.
Posted on September, 30 2011 at 4:46 PM
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“Our bridges need work and so do we!” That’s what unemployed folks and activists were chanting yesterday at nearly a dozen
bridges around the country, where they gathered to draw attention to America’s crumbling infrastructure and call on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. The rallies in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, and Seattle were held at the same time President Obama visited the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati to drive home the need to fix our bridges and put America back to work. More rallies at bridges will take place next week.
Posted on September, 23 2011 at 5:14 PM
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All summer long we were scratching our heads, wondering: Why isn’t Congress doing something about jobs? Surely they know that unemployment is our nation’s most pressing emergency. Maybe we need to give them a nudge by showing them all of the bridges that need fixing, buildings that need retrofitting, and children that need teaching. And that’s how “Work That Needs Doing” came to be.
Posted on September, 16 2011 at 12:32 AM
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