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Crisis In Spain Highlights An Increasing Employment Divide
17/09/2012 Comments Off on Crisis In Spain Highlights An Increasing Employment Divide
ILO News– Unemployment inSpain is rising faster in rural areas than in urban centres and is fuelling social unrest, according to the latest statistics produced by ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS). Unemployment in rural areas jumped from little over 8% in 2007 to more than 26% in 2012, while in urban areas it […]
Continue reading …Youth Labor Force In U.S. Up In July 2012, More Kids Had Summer Jobs
07/09/2012 Comments Off on Youth Labor Force In U.S. Up In July 2012, More Kids Had Summer Jobs
America’s labor force was more youthful than usual this summer. More kids had summer jobs in the United States during July 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 21 August 2012. Youth employment in the United States rose by 2.1 million to 19.5 million. The youth labor force -16- to 24-year-olds working or actively looking […]
Continue reading …Daisy Pushers: Top 10 Dying U.S. Industries
26/04/2012 Comments Off on Daisy Pushers: Top 10 Dying U.S. Industries
Some industries simply aren’t participating in the recovery, says a recent report by IBISWorld, Los Angeles-based publisher and analyst of financial information. “In fact, some are pushing up daisies,” according to the report by Caitlin Moldvay and Douglas Kelly of IBISWorld. IBISWorld defines a dying industry as one in a declining life cycle, with both […]
Continue reading …The Line Reminds Politicians, Business About Unemployed
07/03/2012 Comments Off on The Line Reminds Politicians, Business About Unemployed
From 8:14AM to 8:28AM on Tuesday, 6 March 2012, a minute for every one million unemployed Americans, more than 5,000 people lined New York City streets holding pink slips over their heads as part of a protest known as The Line. The Line, which extended nearly 3 miles through New York City, is means of […]
Continue reading …Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
29/02/2012 Comments Off on Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
Canadian companies are taking advantage of Ireland’s economy, which reeling from a prolonged financial crisis, by actively recruiting skilled workers. The Star Phoenix newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ca., reports that at least 26 firms from the province were taking a trip to attend the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin, Ireland, and then traveling to Cork […]
Continue reading …Canada Axes Student Summer Jobs Centers
29/02/2012 Comments Off on Canada Axes Student Summer Jobs Centers
Canada is shutting down its summer student jobs centers run by the federal human resources department after nearly 40 years in operation, saying more students prefer Internet job searches. The human resources department will expand the online resources available to students at youth.gc.ca. The move will reportedly save the government $6.5 million (Cn) a year, […]
Continue reading …Oregon May Ban Job Ads Telling Unemployed Not to Apply
28/02/2012 Comments Off on Oregon May Ban Job Ads Telling Unemployed Not to Apply
The Oregon House of Representatives voted Monday, 27 February 2012, to ban job advertisements that tell unemployed job seekers to not apply, the Associated Press reports. The Oregon House approved the bill on a 56-4 vote, sending the measure to Gov. John Kitzhaber. If the bill becomes law, Oregon’s employers could still simply exclude unemployed […]
Continue reading …Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
27/02/2012 Comments Off on Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
By ROBERT SCALLY — The outlook for the U.S. economy is mostly unchanged from that of three months ago, according to 45 economic forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The economy continues to slowly improve, and should keep getting better for the next few years. The overall forecast for job growth and […]
Continue reading …Spain Has 23% Unemployment, Industrialized World’s Highest
19/02/2012 Comments Off on Spain Has 23% Unemployment, Industrialized World’s HighestThe pain in Spain in plain. Nearly one out every four of its citizens are unemployed. Spain’s unemployment rate reached 22.85% at the end of 2011, meaning five million people were jobless. Spain’s the unemployment rate is currently highest in the industrialized world. Spain is facing a recession in 2012 and jobless numbers will likely […]
Continue reading …What Are The Consequences Of Unemployment?
17/02/2012 Comments Off on What Are The Consequences Of Unemployment?
One portion of a recent Congressional Budget Office report (released 16 February 2012) on high unemployment recounts some facts about effects of unemployment what should seem obvious, but bear repeating. Ultimately it is the human costs of an economy racked by the consequences of Bush-era capitalism gone wild that will take the biggest tool on […]
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