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Chicago’s Black Unemployment Rate Near Quadruple That of Whites

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With 25 percent of its African-American residents jobless, Chicago has the highest black unemployment rate among the nation’s five most populous cities. Chicago’s rate is higher than Philadelphia’s 19 percent, Los Angeles’ 18 percent, Houston’s 15 percent and New York City’s 14 percent, based on 2013 U.S. Census figures. Why? Experts point to Chicago’s unique brand …

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Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages

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To mark the 25th anniversary of the National Child Care Staffing Study, Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Phillips, and Carollee Howes, the principal investigators and authors of the study, have released a white paper examining the progress over the past quarter-century in improving early childhood teaching jobs and attracting and retaining a well-prepared workforce able to foster …

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Jobs Report: Under The Sunny Headline, Deep Roots Of Discontent

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The latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms what voters felt when they went to the polls Tuesday: Job growth continues slowly but inadequately, built on a weak foundation of weak wage growth and low labor force participation. There were 214,000 new jobs created in October, the report said, with the unemployment …

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President Obama’s Latest Manufacturing Push

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The White House unveiled new executive actions on Monday directing federal money toward new technologies, apprenticeship programs and competitions designed to assist small manufacturers. The idea is to make the U.S. a magnet for new jobs and investment. The new executive action will: Allow the Pentagon, NASA, and the Energy and Agriculture departments to …

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Three Winning Ways to Create Jobs

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With the election nearing, Americans still know what they want: job creation. Unemployment is still elevated near 6 percent, and underemployment – including people who have given up looking for work, or who are working part-time when they want to be full-time – was still above 13 percent at last count. And America’s employment problems …

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The Phony Jobs Report Hype, A Very Sick Economy & Millions of Workers Who Don’t Count

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This was almost predictable: the traditional media, and too many bloggers who regurgitate what they read in the traditional media, are buying into the “rebound” in the economy because of today’s Labor Department report; the stock market goes up; and, I’m certain, pretty soon, the White House will be taking credit for all this and, …

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APWU Victory: 9,000 New Jobs

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Some 9,000 new postal clerk jobs are on the way, thanks to action by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU). The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in 2012 cut the hours of operation at small post offices around the country and filled new jobs at the offices with part-time, nonunion workers. APWU filed a grievance. The …

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Why Unions Are Essential to Tackling the Technology Challenge to Good Jobs

Leave a Comment / low-wage jobs / By max cyril

New technology is keeping more and more workers stuck in low-wage jobs, and it’s society’s responsibility to make sure those jobs still have dignity and fair wages. With robots taking over factories and warehouses, toll collectors and cashiers increasingly being replaced by automation and even legal researchers being replaced by computers, the age-old question of …

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Walmart: Portrait of a Job Killer

Leave a Comment / Jobs, Wal Mart / By max cyril

Whenever communities, lawmakers or activists question or criticize Walmart for the way it treats workers—the low-pay, the stores’ impact on the communities—the retail giant pulls out a well-worn script with a simple message, “Walmart creates jobs and if there’s one thing this economy needs, it’s more jobs.” Setting aside the quality of the jobs for …

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You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get?

Leave a Comment / Environmental Debate / By max cyril

I know what it’s like to depend upon coal to feed a family. Many years ago I worked at a steel mill in Ohio. My job was at the coke plant where West Virginia coal was turned into coking coal for the blast furnace. The top of the coke ovens was an area the size …

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Chicago’s Black Unemployment Rate Near Quadruple That of Whites

Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages

Jobs Report: Under The Sunny Headline, Deep Roots Of Discontent

President Obama’s Latest Manufacturing Push

Three Winning Ways to Create Jobs

The Phony Jobs Report Hype, A Very Sick Economy & Millions of Workers Who Don’t Count

APWU Victory: 9,000 New Jobs

Why Unions Are Essential to Tackling the Technology Challenge to Good Jobs

Walmart: Portrait of a Job Killer

You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Get?

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