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Uganada’s Youth Unemployment 83%, Young Lazy Official Says
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Kyateka Mondo, said the high unemployment rate should not only be blamed on government but also on the youth. From the Uganda Daily Monitor: Kampala, Uganda – As Uganda continues to grapple with high rates of population growth, the level of unemployment among the youth has also shot high to a remarkable 83%, youth group, […]
Continue reading …Australian Unemployment Likely to Rise As Hiring Slows
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From the Sydney Morning Herald: Employment growth is tipped to slow from its already sluggish pace in the coming months, as businesses continue to shy away from hiring new staff. The ANZ Bank yesterday (10 Oct. 2011) said the number of job advertisements fell 2.1% in September, the third monthly fall in a row and […]
Continue reading …Rick Perry Created Thousands of Jobs For Immigrants
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GOP presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry points to job growth in Texas during the current economic downturn as one of his primary accomplishments. But an analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) data collected by the Census Bureau shows that immigrants, legal and illegal, have been the primary beneficiaries of job growth in Texas since […]
Continue reading …Abu Dhabi Seeks to Cut Nation’s Unemployment
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Heading recent events in nearby Arab nations, another oil state is quickly creating a jobs program for its indigenous population. In this story from Gulf News, Abu Dhabi‘s Department of Economic Development (DED) says it will reduce unemployment rate to less than 5% by 2030 “by providing job opportunities for UAE jobseekers,” according to Rashid Ali Al […]
Continue reading …10 States Losing the Most Jobs to China
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From 24/7 Wall St. China is taking American jobs, labor unions, politicians and economists, have accused for some time. The logic is simple. While a manufacturing job in the U.S. may pay $50 an hour, when salary and benefits are factored in, Chinese factory laborers make little more than a few hundred dollars a month. […]
Continue reading …Work-Share Unemployment Benefits Proposed in Indiana
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From the Louisville Curior-Journal: A Indiana state legislator is suggesting the state adopt a program used elsewhere that allows workers to receive partial unemployment benefits if their employer reduces their work hours to avoid layoffs. The proposal is receiving a cool reaction from a top business lobbyist and the Republican chairman of the state’s unemployment […]
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The Friday, 7 Oct. 2011, Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 103,000 jobs were added in September. The jobs number includes about 45,000 striking Verizon workers returning to work, making the number net new jobs created in September about 58,000. This sluggish job growth continued the trend of the past five […]
Continue reading …Study Finds Internet Job Search Reduces Time Unemployed By 25%
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A new study conducted by professors from University of Colorado and the University of California finds that conducting and Internet job search reduces the time spent unemployed by an average of 25%. The discovery directly contradicts a 2004 study showing that using the Internet actually prolonged unemployment. “In 2004 the researchers came up with two […]
Continue reading …Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
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Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my […]
Continue reading …Steve Jobs Dead at 56, Visionary Apple Founder
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Steve Jobs Dead: Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder Steven P. Jobs, personal computer pioneer who changed the way people think about and use technology, died Wednesday, 5 Oct. 2011, age 56. It’s hard to imagine how many jobs have been created because of the imagination of Steve Jobs. There are whole categories of employment — desktop publishing, for […]
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