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Wages Down, Consumers Spend Less, Growth Slows
03/10/2011 Comments Off on Wages Down, Consumers Spend Less, Growth Slows
From Bloomberg News: Take-home pay and wages, adjusted for prices, fell 0.3 percent in August, the third decrease in five months, and personal income dropped for the first time in two years, the Commerce Department reported last week. The declines followed news from the Census Bureau that median household income in 2010 fell to $49,445, the lowest […]
Continue reading …Manufacturing Activity Up in Sept., 26th Consecutive Month
03/10/2011 Comments Off on Manufacturing Activity Up in Sept., 26th Consecutive Month
The economy is showing clear signs that it is improving with manufacturing activity rising for the 26th consecutive month. Unfortunately it is improving very slowly as the 03 Oct 2011, Institute for Supply Management Report On Business report indicates. From the Institute for Supply Management: Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in September for the 26th […]
Continue reading …English City to Outsource Some Law Enforcement Jobs
03/10/2011 Comments Off on English City to Outsource Some Law Enforcement Jobs
Like many cities in North America, communities in the United Kingdom are struggling to provide public services despite harsh budget cuts. One city in central England is planning to outsource many back office police functions in a bid to save money. From the Express & Star: The West Midlands Police Authority has agreed to enter […]
Continue reading …Saudi Minister Seeks “Saudization” of Jobs Amid Unemployment
02/10/2011 Comments Off on Saudi Minister Seeks “Saudization” of Jobs Amid Unemployment
Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister is seeking the “Saudization” of the kingdom’s private sector amid rising unemployment and unease following uprisings in other Arab nations. Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate was 10.8% in July. The country will begin to pay unemployment benefits for the first time from November, Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakieh, told Bloomberg News. In 2012 the […]
Continue reading …Engineers Salaries Up Despite Weak Economy
28/09/2011 Comments Off on Engineers Salaries Up Despite Weak Economy
Salaries for engineers are rising, despite the weak economy and a higher-than-normal of unemployment rate for this occupation, according to the IEEE-USA, a unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. For all engineers, median income, including salary, commissions, bonuses and net self-employment income, increased from $113,500 in 2009 to $118,000 in 2010, or […]
Continue reading …Online Job Listings Declined in August, 3.5 Seekers for Every Job
28/09/2011 Comments Off on Online Job Listings Declined in August, 3.5 Seekers for Every Job
The number of online advertised job listings were down 43,500 in September to 3.94 million, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series, released today, 28 Sept. 2011. The September drop follows a decline of 164,000 in August and a decrease of 217,000 in July. The Supply/Demand rate stands at 3.50, indicating there were 3.5 unemployed […]
Continue reading …Google Millionaire Asks Obama “Will you please raise my taxes?”
27/09/2011 Comments Off on Google Millionaire Asks Obama “Will you please raise my taxes?”
President Barack Obama on Monday, 26 Sept. 2011, was pitching his job-creation at at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., in the heart of Silicon Valley when he received an unusual request from a Google millionaire. At a town-hall meeting conducted with social-media firm LinkedIn that was dubbed “Putting America Back to Work,” […]
Continue reading …America’s Sputtering Economy by the Numbers
26/09/2011 Comments Off on America’s Sputtering Economy by the Numbers
By Braden Goyette ProPublica America’s Sputtering Economy, by the Numbers. With increasing signs that the economy is laboring [2], most economists agree that a short-term infusion of spending, or an extension of this year’s temporary cut in Social Security taxes, could help fend off a new downturn. But whatever one thinks of the debt deal […]
Continue reading …Economy Still in a Recession 75% of U.S. Says
26/09/2011 Comments Off on Economy Still in a Recession 75% of U.S. Says
Although it officially ended in 2009, 75% of the U.S. population says the economy is still in a recession and 60% don’t think the economy will improve soon, according to a recent Gallup poll. American’s are the least optimistic about the future than they have been in 20 years, according to Gallup. In 1991-1992, About 80% […]
Continue reading …Half of Americans Report Job-Related Hardships
23/09/2011 Comments Off on Half of Americans Report Job-Related Hardships
New research reports what you probably already know: recession job-related hardship. We all know it’s rough out there on the job, but the experts at the respected Pew Research Center have delivered new numbers on what they’re calling the Great Recession – great not because we love it so much, but because it’s been longer […]
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