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Consumer Spending Decline An Ominous Sign COVID-19 Ravaged US Economy Is Weakening
Sept. 9, 2021 — A 2.7 percent consumer spending decline is yet another ominous sign the COVID-19-ravaged US economy is in trouble. The report comes just as millions have lost extended federal unemployment benefits, joining millions more in Republican-led states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits early. The consumer spending decline comes after last week’s […]
Job Openings Set Record 10.9 Million In July 2021: BLS
08/09/2021 Comments Off on Job Openings Set Record 10.9 Million In July 2021: BLS
Sept. 8, 2021 — Job openings set record levels in the US with 10.9 million in July, up from the previous record of 10.2 million set in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The most job openings were in in the healthcare and social assistance sector, with a gain of 294,000 listings, […]
Continue reading …US Employment Forecast At 0.7% Annual Growth 2020-2030: BLS
08/09/2021 Comments Off on US Employment Forecast At 0.7% Annual Growth 2020-2030: BLS
Sept. 8, 2021 — The US employment forecast calls for 0.7 percent annual growth with the total number of jobs expanding by 11.9 million jobs from 153.5 million to 165.4 million during the 2020–30 decade, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This increase reflects an annual growth rate of 0.7 percent, higher than […]
Continue reading …Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City lowest jobless rates look oh so pretty among big cities
01/09/2021 Comments Off on Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City lowest jobless rates look oh so pretty among big citiesSeptember 01, 2021 — Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City had the lowest jobless rates among all large, US metro areas in July, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Salt Lake City’s unemployment rate in July was 2.8%. Oklahoma City’s was 2.9%. The highest jobless rates in July were in Las Vegas and […]
Continue reading …August 20 State Employment and Unemployment Summary
20/08/2021 Comments Off on August 20 State Employment and Unemployment SummaryAugust 20 State Employment and Unemployment Summary — Unemployment rates were lower in July in 17 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 33 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. All 50 states and the District had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier. The national unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, […]
Continue reading …July jobless rates down in 17 states; payroll jobs up in 38 states
20/08/2021 Comments Off on July jobless rates down in 17 states; payroll jobs up in 38 statesIn July, unemployment rates were lower in 17 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 33 states. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 38 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in 12 states.
Continue reading …JOLTS Labor Supply And Labor Demand: Comparing The 2019 And 2020 Labor Market
21/07/2021 Comments Off on JOLTS Labor Supply And Labor Demand: Comparing The 2019 And 2020 Labor Market
By Kenneth Robertson – The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) provides data on job openings, hires, and separations at the national and regional level. Job openings data, or measures of labor demand, are defined as all positions that are open (not filled) on the last business day of the month.1 The labor market […]
Continue reading …OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report Suggests
16/01/2013 Comments Off on OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report Suggests
By CHRIS HAMBY, Center for Public Integrity—Workplace safety and health regulators should conduct an enforcement blitz and amend policies to give greater protection to the growing number of vulnerable temporary, or “contingent,” workers, a new report recommends. The report from the Center for Progressive Reform, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, echoes many of the findings of a […]
Continue reading …Another JOLTS And Still Not Enough Job Openings, EPI Study Shows
11/01/2013 Comments Off on Another JOLTS And Still Not Enough Job Openings, EPI Study Shows
By HEIDI SHIERHOLZ, Economic Policy Institute— The November Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released Jan. 10, 2013 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows job openings were essentially flat in November, at 3.7 million (up by 11,000). The number of job openings, which had been improving fairly steadily since reaching its low of 2.2 million in […]
Continue reading …ALEC’s Decades Of ‘Right-To-Work’ Effort Pay Off In Michigan
04/01/2013 Comments Off on ALEC’s Decades Of ‘Right-To-Work’ Effort Pay Off In Michigan
By PAUL ABOWD, Center for Public Integrity—Amid protests by labor unions, and objections from the stateʼs congressional delegation and even the president, Michiganʼs Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed a “right-to-work” bill into law in December 11, 2012, drawn word-for-word from a 32-year-old “model bill” pushed by a corporate-funded, conservative think tank. The legislation deals 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