Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012 – 11:00 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Sorry we’re running just a little bit behind, but I figured it’s a great day to enjoy the Rose Garden. Today, members of Congress have a simple choice to make: [Read More…]
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending March 29, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. Note: This week’s release reflects the annual revision to the weekly unemployment claims seasonal adjustment factors. The seasonal adjustment factors used for the UI Weekly Claims data from 2007 forward, along with the resulting seasonally adjusted values for initial claims and continuing claims, have been revised.[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest, March 28, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012 – 2:25 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s nice to see you all. I don’t know if there’s anybody who made the trek back from Seoul and showed up — oh, there’s one in the back. Q Just for you, Josh.[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 28, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Continuing Violence Ambassador Ford’s Points on Capitol Hill Kofi Annan’s Work / Friends of the Syrian People Meeting / China SAUDI ARABIA Secretary’s Travel DEPARTMENT Media Note on Travel of Acting Under Secretary Stevens IRAN BRIC Countries / P-5+1 Process /[Read More…]
National Immigration Law Center and AFL-CIO Seek To Restore Rights for Wrongly Fired Immigrant Workers
Groups Ask the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to Review National Labor Relations Board Decision Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012 – The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to[Read More…]
Elected Officials, Community Members to March to Mayor Bloomberg’s House to Protest Out-of-Control Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC
Under Bloomberg, More Than 400,000 People Arrested on Low-Level Marijuana Charges in NYC, At a Cost of More Than $600 Million; Most Are Young Blacks and Latinos, Despite Whites Using Marijuana at Higher Rates Illegal Searches and Manufactured Misdemeanor Arrests Continue Despite Order by Commissioner Kelly to Halt These Unlawful[Read More…]
Duquesne Adjuncts Organize with United Steelworkers
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012. The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that members of Duquesne University’s non-tenure track faculty have formed the Adjuncts Association of the United Steelworkers to address inequitable work conditions. Adjunct professors make up approximately 40% of the faculty in the McNulty College of Liberal Arts at Duquesne, and[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 27, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Kofi Annan Proposal/ Friends of the Syrian People Meeting Syrian Regime Attacks on Place of Worship ARGENTINA GSP Suspension IRAQ Arab Summit MALI Contacts/ Status of U.S. Assistance SUDAN/SOUTH SUDAN Southern Kordofan Fighting/ Summit in Juba TRANSCRIPT: 1:02 p.m. EDT MS.[Read More…]
UN Concerned Over Refugee Safety as Fighting Persists Near South Sudan-Sudan Border
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–27 March 2012. The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern over recurring fighting near the Yida refugee settlement in South Sudan, close to the border with Sudan, saying the clashes are putting residents of the camp at risk. “Our concerns are heightened by clashes reported yesterday between the national[Read More…]
Over 1000 to Protest Bank of America at Shareholder Meeting
Communities outraged at BoA for polluting communities and foreclosing on homeowners to converge in Charlotte San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. A thousand-plus people representing the diversity of the 99 percent will converge in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 9 to protest Bank of America policies that are bankrupting our economy and[Read More…]
