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Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
26/08/2021 Comments Off on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
Unemployment insurance benefits cuts did not force people back to work, research by the Economic Policy Institute found. The July state employment and unemployment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the strong job growth reported earlier this month in the national jobs data was widespread throughout the country. And, notably, the states that chose not to cut pandemic […]
Continue reading …Social Security Turns 86, Millions of Working People Lifted Out Of Poverty
16/08/2021 Comments Off on Social Security Turns 86, Millions of Working People Lifted Out Of Poverty
America’s Social Security safety net turns 86 this month. The Social Security Act of 1935 enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Aug. 14, 1935 The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt’s New […]
Continue reading …American Rescue Plan Funds Should Support An Equitable Recovery For Workers
05/08/2021 Comments Off on American Rescue Plan Funds Should Support An Equitable Recovery For Workers
By Asha Banerjee, Jaimie Worker, and Dave Kamper, EPI Working Economics Blog Last month, we at the Economic Policy Institute submitted a public comment on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s guidance regarding the . These funds are part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act’s resources for state and local communities to respond to the public health and economic crisis. […]
Continue reading …Private Equity – Rein It In Before It Destroys More Jobs
23/07/2021 Comments Off on Private Equity – Rein It In Before It Destroys More Jobs
The Hufcor plant in Janesville, Wisconsin was profitable before investors gobbled it up. Now it’s the latest highway robbery by private equity. By Elisa McCartin | July 21, 2021 This spring, 166 workers in Janesville, Wisconsin awoke to a nightmare. OpenGate Capital, the private equity firm that owns their employer, Hufcor, announced it was moving […]
Continue reading …As the COVID pandemic ravaged the nation in 2020, hires and turnover reach record highs
21/07/2021 Comments Off on As the COVID pandemic ravaged the nation in 2020, hires and turnover reach record highs
Data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) highlight the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the results of efforts to mitigate its spread in 2020. With the challenges of the pandemic, many of the JOLTS data elements experienced shocks early in the year before returning to previous trends. Data […]
Continue reading …Job Markets Improving Across Advanced Economies
08/05/2014 Comments Off on Job Markets Improving Across Advanced Economies
Australia, Italy, and Germany Lead a Month of Robust Recovery Following the devastation of the Great Recession, job markets around the world are finally showing signs of life. Job markets improving in a number of advanced economies, according to a new report, according to unemployment rates and employment growth data compiled and standardized by The […]
Continue reading …America’s Devaluation Of Work And Workers
07/05/2014 Comments Off on America’s Devaluation Of Work And Workers
By Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins – The Great Recession leveled a blow to the middle and working classes from which they haven’t yet recovered. Given that labor’s pay and prestige in America peaked in the 1960s, this isn’t exactly new. Still, it’s time that all our leaders took this challenge more seriously. After all, we don’t just […]
Continue reading …U.S. Lags World In Temporary Worker Protections
03/05/2014 Comments Off on U.S. Lags World In Temporary Worker Protections
By Michael Grabell ProPublica– For nearly six years, Limber Herrera has toiled as a temporary worker doing the same work for the same company in Mira Loma, Calif. About 40 hours a week, he unloads shipping containers for NFI2014one of the largest freight distribution firms in America2014moving goods that will eventually stock the shelves of […]
Continue reading …Widespread Labor Shortages Ahead for the U.S.
02/05/2014 Comments Off on Widespread Labor Shortages Ahead for the U.S.
For Now, Jobs Remain Scarce — But an Aging Population and the Recession’s Aftermath Are Poised to Create Widespread Labor Shortages and an Historic “Seller’s Market” for Skilled Workers American workers have endured six years of depleted wealth, stagnant wages, and general insecurity. But their fortunes are about to change, according to a surprising new […]
Continue reading …Fewer Americans Feeling Frugal, But No Sign Of Spending Splurge
18/05/2013 Comments Off on Fewer Americans Feeling Frugal, But No Sign Of Spending Splurge
By ANDREW DUGAN, Gallup— Nearly four years after the end of the Great Recession, fewer Americans are watching what they spend. The percentage of Americans who say they are “spending less money” has fallen to 41%, down from a high of 57% in 2010. Meanwhile, 26% of Americans say they are spending more money than […]
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