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August 2009

8-31-2009: The Detroit News: Jobless claims overwhelm staff

8-27-2009: The New York Times: New Yorker Leads Labor Charge for Health Reform

8-27-2009: The Herald: On Women s Equality Day Are We There Yet?

8-26-2009: The Asheville Citizen-Times: Minimum wage is nowhere near a living wage

8-26-2009: Buffalo News: Job training to combat blight and help at-risk area youth

8-25-2009: Monterey County Herald: ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS HURT BY SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS

8-24-2009: Los Angeles Times: REHABILITATING HEALTHCARE; Do nothing? Not an option

8-23-2009: The Daily Camera: Don't lower state minimum wage; Not the right time to lower pay for working poor

8-22-2009: MetroWest Daily News: 40 percent of workers in Mass. have no paid sick days

8-21-2009: Facing South: 4 Years After Katrina: Housing crisis continues, low-income renters face discrimination

8-20-2009: Detroit Free Press: Money running out at 6 state job training centers

8-20-2009: The Associated Press State & Local Wire: Mo. won't get stimulus money for jobless benefits

8-19-2009: The Associated Press State & Local Wire: Colo. minimum wage may drop as living costs fall

8-19-2009: Chicago Tribune: Getting work skills up to speed

8-18-2009: WBGH News: GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES $45 MILLION IN STIMULUS FUNDS TO JUMPSTART AFFORDABLE HOUSING

8-17-2009: The Minnesota Lawyer: The language of work

8-15-2009: Los Angeles Times: L.A. needs a real-life living-wage ordinance

8-13-2009: Washington Post: Recession Pushes More Into Part-Time Work, Discouragement

8-13-2009: Boston Globe: Flu battle hits home

8-13-2009: The Cincinnati Enquirer: Youth work program teaches life skills

8-12-2009: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Low-income families often rely too heavily on costly financial services

8-12-2009: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Requiring Fair Wages Is Only Fair

8-10-2009: Huffington Post: Emerging Senate Health Bill Could Cause Job Discrimination Against Low-Income and Minority Workers

8-10-2009: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly: 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules town not bound by promise about leave

8-9-2009: The Macon Telegraph: Minimum wage hike: What s next?

8-8-2009: The New York Times: Job Market Blues

8-6-2009: Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Minimum wage? Let ambition do its job

8-06-2009: Fresno Bee: State cuts to health, welfare programs inflict pain

8-05-2009: Ascribe Newswire: Paid family leave law, Congressman Woosley and advocates call for more progress

8-05-2009: New Haven Register: Tax credit is ‘effective solution to poverty’

8-06-2009: Detroit News: Proposed cuts to Mich. budget hurts poor