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Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 339,000 in May, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, government, health care, construction, transportation and warehousing, and social assistance. This news release presents statistics from two monthly […]
‘Pay me my worth’: restaurant workers demand livable wages as industry continues to falter
21/09/2021 Comments Off on ‘Pay me my worth’: restaurant workers demand livable wages as industry continues to falterFood & drink industry ‘Pay me my worth’: restaurant workers demand livable wages as industry continues to falter Low wages and poor working conditions – as well as unruly customers – combine to keep the food service labor shortage going Michael Sainato Tue 21 Sep 2021 05.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 21 Sep 2021 […]
Continue reading …Amazon offers to pay college fees of 750,000 frontline US workers
10/09/2021 Comments Off on Amazon offers to pay college fees of 750,000 frontline US workersAmazon Amazon offers to pay college fees of 750,000 frontline US workers Company is latest big US firm to offer education-focused perks to workers after Walmart, Target and Kroger Mark Sweney @marksweney Fri 10 Sep 2021 04.58 EDT Last modified on Fri 10 Sep 2021 05.35 EDT Amazon has offered to pay the cost of […]
Continue reading …California jobless rate steady at 7.6%, but experts say labor market picking up steam
20/08/2021 Comments Off on California jobless rate steady at 7.6%, but experts say labor market picking up steam
(CN) — California’s unemployment rate remained at 7.6% in July, with employers adding 114,400 payroll jobs. That rate remains above the national 5.4% unemployment rate, according to numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the California Employment Development Department. July’s numbers mirror the state’s unemployment rate for June, which was initially […]
Continue reading …Economy gains 943,000 jobs as delta variant threatens recovery
06/08/2021 Comments Off on Economy gains 943,000 jobs as delta variant threatens recovery(CN) — American employers added 943,000 jobs in July, a sign that the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic remained on track before the delta variant sparked new worries about a return to widespread restrictions. While employers beat expectations of around 850,000 new jobs last month, some experts say the next jobs report may […]
Continue reading …California’s June Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 7.7%
16/07/2021 Comments Off on California’s June Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 7.7%SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The prolonged revival of the leisure and hospitality sector continues to spur California’s economic recovery as the state added more jobs in June than any other except Florida. California gained a robust 73,500 payroll jobs last month, but signs of a slowdown are emerging as its 7.7% unemployment rate remains stubbornly […]
Continue reading …Promising Jobs Data Closes Out Positive First Half of 2021
02/07/2021 Comments Off on Promising Jobs Data Closes Out Positive First Half of 2021MANHATTAN (CN) — The first six months of 2021 could have been better, but investors are hard-pressed to complain too much, netting double-digit percentage gains in all three major U.S. indices. Since January 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained nearly 14% in value, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained almost 16% and […]
Continue reading …Economic Recovery Accelerates With 850,000 New Jobs
02/07/2021 Comments Off on Economic Recovery Accelerates With 850,000 New JobsThe gain shows the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is picking up pace, but the U.S. is still down millions of jobs compared to February 2020. A shopper enters a Dollar Tree store displaying a now-hiring sign in Buffalo Grove, Ill., last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (CN) — American employers added a robust 850,000 […]
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- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill