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Economy Gains 263,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Declines to 3.6%

Leave a Comment / Department of Labor / By max cyril

The U.S. economy gained 263,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate declined slightly to 3.6%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continued lower levels of job growth provide good reason for the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee to express caution in considering any interest rate hikes. Last month’s biggest job gains …

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Economy Gains 155,000 Jobs in November; Unemployment Unchanged at 3.7%

Leave a Comment / unemployment / By max cyril

The U.S. economy gained 155,000 jobs in November, and unemployment was unchanged at 3.7%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The labor market can be a leading indicator for the economy. Soft wage growth has been accompanied by weaker auto sales than typical for this low level of unemployment, leading General Motors …

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Scott Mugno: Rising from the Dead?

Labor Department tells senators it’s too ‘complex’ to collect sexual harassment data

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The Labor Department told Democratic senators that it can’t collect data on sexual harassment in the workplace because it would be “complex and costly.” On Monday, Democratic senators dismissed that justification. In January, 22 Democratic senators sent a letter to labor department officials requesting the department act on studying sexual harassment. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) signed …

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When VPP Companies Kill

Construction job sites: the silent killer of immigrant workers

Leave a Comment / immigration / By max cyril

The New York City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a safety bill that establishes safety protocols as a way to prevent construction worker deaths, following eight months of intensive review by lawmakers, day laborers, unions, real estate developers, and contractors. The vote came nearly one week after two construction workers fell to their …

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Elon Musk May Be a “Visionary,” But His Vision Doesn’t Seem To Include Unions

Leave a Comment / unionbusting, unions / By max cyril

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been making more headlines than usual lately. Shortly after the business magnate claimed he had received governmental approval to build a hyperloop from New York to Washington, D.C., he got into a public argument with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the future of artificial intelligence. Musk also recently made comments regarding the production of …

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What the BLS Union Numbers Don’t Tell You About People Organizing and Collective Action

248,000 New Jobs Drop Jobless Rate to 5.9% in September

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The economy added 248,000 new jobs in September, a big increase over the 180,000 jobs added in August. The unemployment rate fell to 5.9% compared to 6.1% in August, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the past year, the unemployment rate has dropped by 1.3 percentage points and …

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