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Weekly Jobless Claims Near Pandemic Low, Labor Shortages Slow Growth
09/09/2021 Comments Off on Weekly Jobless Claims Near Pandemic Low, Labor Shortages Slow Growth
Last week the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 18 months further evidence that job growth is being slowed by labor shortages rather than declining demand. In the week ending September 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 310,000, a decrease of […]
Continue reading …Consumer Spending Decline An Ominous Sign COVID-19 Ravaged US Economy Is Weakening
09/09/2021 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …NLRB Will Seek All Available Remedies To Address Unlawful Conduct, Top Lawyer Says
08/09/2021 Comments Off on NLRB Will Seek All Available Remedies To Address Unlawful Conduct, Top Lawyer Says
Seek All Available Remedies To Address Unlawful Conduct, the NLRB’s top lawyer said in a memo to the board’s regional offices where much of the work of enforcing labor laws takes place. The National Labor Relations Board’s top attorney issued a memo on Wednesday stating that the board will act forcefully to protect workers’ rights. […]
Continue reading …US Staffing Revenue Will Grow 16% This Year To Record High: SIA forecast
08/09/2021 Comments Off on US Staffing Revenue Will Grow 16% This Year To Record High: SIA forecast
September 08, 2021 — US staffing revenue will grow by 16% this year to a record total of $157.4 billion, up from 12% growth estimated in the April forecast, according to the “US Staffing Industry Forecast: September 2021 Update” report released this week by the contingent workforce consulting firm Staffing Industry Analysts. “The bounce back […]
Continue reading …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: BLSSept. 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 …Nurse Shortage Becomes A Crisis, Pandemic Pressures Pushing Profession To Brink
07/09/2021 Comments Off on Nurse Shortage Becomes A Crisis, Pandemic Pressures Pushing Profession To Brink
The twin pressures of the nurse shortage and COVID-19 pandemic are pressing the nursing profession to the brink of collapse with calls for national emergency declaration, strikes and state committing big bucks to bring in more medical help. Last week (Sept. 1, 2021) he American Nurses Association called on the US Department of Health and […]
Continue reading …Walmart raises pay, but only for some workers: Happy Labor Day
04/09/2021 Comments Off on Walmart raises pay, but only for some workers: Happy Labor Day
Walmart raises pay? Not so fast. The nation’s largest employer, Walmart, is not giving a raise to more than half of its employees. Walmart made headlines this week by raising pay to $15 an hour for some employees, instantly creating a second tier of lower paid employees within its the massive ranks of already low-paid […]
Continue reading …African American unemployment rate rises August, African American men hit hard
03/09/2021 Comments Off on African American unemployment rate rises August, African American men hit hard
The decline in unemployment in August 2021 masked a rise in the African American unemployment rate and African American men in particular. The unemployment rate for African Americans rose to 8.8 percent in August from 8.2 percent in July, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. Among African American men, unemployment reached 9.1 percent, up from […]
Continue reading …August Job Growth Disappoints with 235K jobs created, unemployment down slightly
03/09/2021 Comments Off on August Job Growth Disappoints with 235K jobs created, unemployment down slightlyTotal nonfarm payroll employment rose by 235,000 in August, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 5.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. So far this year, monthly job growth has averaged 586,000. In August, notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, transportation and warehousing, private education, […]
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