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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
25/04/2013 Comments Off on Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in March decreased $13.1 billion or 5.7%** to $216.3 billion. March 2013: -5.7** % change February 2013: 4.3** % change Source: U.S. Census Data
Continue reading …U.S. Department Of Labor Sequestration Information
12/04/2013 Comments Off on U.S. Department Of Labor Sequestration Information
For anyone wondering about the reality of sequestration for major government agencies, here are the U.S. Department of Labor’s online resources for its employees who are facing the blunt end of sequestration. U.S. Department Of Labor Sequestration Information The following information is provided to assist DOL employees who may be impacted by budget reductions required by sequestration. […]
Continue reading …U.S. Consumer Spending Continues Upward Trend in March
05/04/2013 Comments Off on U.S. Consumer Spending Continues Upward Trend in March
U.S. self-reported daily consumer spending increased to $89 in March from $83 in February and $80 in January. Upper-income and lower- and middle-income spending has increased modestly since January. Source: Gallup Economy Please subscribe to WWOW’s posts by email: [subscribe2][subscribe2]
Continue reading …Conference Board’s U.S. Leading Economic Index Up For Third Month
25/03/2013 Comments Off on Conference Board’s U.S. Leading Economic Index Up For Third Month
Third Consecutive Increase; Improvement was Driven by Majority of Components …read more The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index for the U.S. rose 0.5% in February to 94.8, following a 0.5% increase in January, and a 0.4% increase in December. “This month’s increase in the U.S. LEI – the third consecutive – was widespread and driven […]
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U.S. Quarterly Services Survey U.S. information sector revenue for the fourth calendar quarter of 2012, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $309.7 billion, an increase of 3.2 percent (+/- 1.3) from the third quarter of 2012. 4th Qtr 2012: +3.2 % change 3rd Qtr 2012: +0.7* % change …read more
Continue reading …Economy Expanding Slowly, Possibly Gaining Some Strength
04/03/2013 Comments Off on Economy Expanding Slowly, Possibly Gaining Some Strength
Economy Expanding Slowly, Possibly Gaining Some Strength A preview of the potentially market-moving reports on the economy coming out this week. …read more Subscribe to WWOW’s posts by email: [subscribe2]
Continue reading …Spending Cuts For Most Programs Have Little Support, Sequester Looms
25/02/2013 Comments Off on Spending Cuts For Most Programs Have Little Support, Sequester Looms
Pew Center for the People and the Press– As the March 1 deadline for a possible budget sequester approaches, a new national survey finds limited public support for reducing spending for a range of specific programs, including defense, entitlements, education and health care. For 18 of 19 programs tested, majorities want either to increase spending […]
Continue reading …Older Workers Delay Retirement, No End In Sight For Many
24/02/2013 Comments Off on Older Workers Delay Retirement, No End In Sight For Many
The Conference Board—Even as stock prices rise, unemployment drops, and overall recovery takes hold, more U.S. workers than ever are delaying retirement, according to a report by The Conference Board, Trapped on the Worker Treadmill? “It’s disconcerting that the two years in which the U.S. economy seemed to finally, if fitfully, turn the corner also left […]
Continue reading …Unemployment Insurance Slashed In North Carolina, Hard Times Made Harder
19/02/2013 Comments Off on Unemployment Insurance Slashed In North Carolina, Hard Times Made Harder
By WideWorldOfWork.com — Hard times for the unemployed in North Carolina will sooner get a lot harder. Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, lowering the maximum amount the state’s jobless workers can receive in unemployment insurance benefits by 35% from $535 to $350 a week starting July […]
Continue reading …Imports Helped Kill The Twinkie, Hostess Brands Workers Get Assistance
19/02/2013 Comments Off on Imports Helped Kill The Twinkie, Hostess Brands Workers Get Assistance
By WideWorldOfWork.com— Imports of cheap baked goods helped kill the Twinkie and the Ding Dong. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found that increased imports of baked products contributed importantly to Hostess Brands’ sales declines, worker layoffs and ultimately its bankruptcy liquidation. The DOL says that the approximately 18,000 workers laid off in 48 […]
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