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A 10-Year Decline In Wages For Most College Graduates
05/10/2012 Comments Off on A 10-Year Decline In Wages For Most College Graduates
By Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute— As the new State of Working America report shows, the last 10 years have been a lost decade for income, wealth and wage growth for most Americans. Perhaps a surprising part of this picture is that the trend of stagnant or falling wages for most workers includes the wages […]
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Pew Global Attitudes Project- The economic euphoria in India during the last few years, inspired by the country’s seemingly inevitable march toward double-digit growth, has suddenly soured. Although still relatively upbeat compared with many other countries, the Indian public’s confidence in their country’s direction and future economic growth has declined significantly compared with just a […]
Continue reading …Employers Project 13% Increase in New College Grad Hiring
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Hiring will be up for new college graduates, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s Job Outlook 2013 survey shows that employers anticipate hiring 13% more college graduates from the class of 2013 than were hired from the class of 2012. “While employers are seeking graduates from […]
Continue reading …Trends Still Murky But Positive U.S. Jobs Numbers Drive Dow To 5-Year High
05/10/2012 Comments Off on Trends Still Murky But Positive U.S. Jobs Numbers Drive Dow To 5-Year High
Good news on the U.S. jobs market led to a rally for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The U.S. unemployment rate in September fell from 8.1% to 7.8%, the lowest since January 2009. More Americans found part-time work, helping to account for the decline, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor announced Friday, 5 October […]
Continue reading …In Canada Jobless Youth Left Out As Government, Business Look Abroad
02/10/2012 Comments Off on In Canada Jobless Youth Left Out As Government, Business Look Abroad
A backlash is beginning to appear in Canada against recent changes in wage and immigration rules aimed at attracting workers from the economically depressed Eurozone. Jason Kenney, Canada’s immigration minister, is redefining the nation’s immigration and wage rules. The new rules are expected to go into effect next year. The changes are meant to attract workers […]
Continue reading …Study: US$42 Billion In Engineering R&D Outsourced To India By 2020
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At least US $42 billion worth of research and development and product engineering work will be outsourced to India by 2020, and will grow at 14% annually, according to a new study from Zinnov Management Consulting. “The Indian captive landscape has grown to 874 centers as compared to 836 in fiscal 2011,” Pari Natarajan, Zinnov’s […]
Continue reading …In South Africa 75,000 Striking Miners Remain Defiant
30/09/2012 Comments Off on In South Africa 75,000 Striking Miners Remain Defiant
South African miners on a wildcat strike against the world’s top platinum producer defied management threats of firings on Friday 28 September 2012. Anglo American Platinum, Amplats, is the world’s leading platinum producer. Amplats is a division of global mining firm Anglo American. Amplats announced Thursday, 27 September 2012, that it began disciplinary actions and […]
Continue reading …Irish Workers Emigrate In Record Numbers Keeping Ireland’s Unemployment Down
29/09/2012 Comments Off on Irish Workers Emigrate In Record Numbers Keeping Ireland’s Unemployment Down
Irish workers are on the move again. This time it’s a 21st century wave of Irish immigration that’s taking away Ireland’s most skilled workers. More than 100,000 Irish workers are expected to leave to find jobs before end of 2013. Ireland’s unemployment rate was 14.7% as of August 2012. For many Irish workers the only […]
Continue reading …Canadian Recruitment Firms Target Irish Workers, Despite Questions At Home
29/09/2012 Comments Off on Canadian Recruitment Firms Target Irish Workers, Despite Questions At Home
Canadian recruitment firm, the Diamond Group of Companies, is opening a UK and European headquarters in Dublin in a big to attract Irish workers to fill jobs in Canada. Diamond Group plans to recruit around 1,000 Irish workers to relocate to Canada, to feed a growing demand for English-speaking workers from overseas. It is estimated […]
Continue reading …The Democratization Of The Stock Market That Never Happened
28/09/2012 Comments Off on The Democratization Of The Stock Market That Never HappenedBy Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute— Despite minute-by-minute dissection of the stock market in the news media, the share of the population of the United States owning stock is surprisingly low. Even when including shares purchased indirectly through retirement accounts, in 2010, less than half (46.9%) of all households had stock holdings. Less than a […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- 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