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Economy Gains 312,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment Rises to 3.9%

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The U.S. economy gained 312,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.9%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This report shows an increase in unemployed workers and while wage gains are stronger, they are not consistent with a tight labor market. This ongoing financial and economic volatility means that …

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

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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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Black workers are still not sharing in the bounty of nation-wide employment gains

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Embedded in the nation’s increasingly favorable unemployment statistics — the country is currently in the midst of a record decline in the number of out-of-work Americans — is the persistent fact that black workers aren’t sharing equitably in this rampant job growth. In September, the most recent period when figures are available, approximately 134,000 jobs were created …

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New Arizona law pushes unemployed people to work at poverty wages or else

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Arizona Republicans have hit on a way to make life worse for unemployed people. Currently, to collect unemployment insurance, people have to be looking for work and to accept “suitable” work if it’s offered. Under a new law, scratch that “suitable” part. People will have to accept any job they’re offered as long as it pays more …

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Trump’s Bid to Pit Black and Brown Workers Against Each Other

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President Trump has resurrected an old canard in his effort to sell a new effort to restrict immigration into the United States. The legislation he backs, he said at a White House ceremony, was necessary in part to protect “minority workers competing for jobs against brand-new arrivals” under the current immigration system. This theme is a …

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Public transportation is a jobs and equality issue

98,000 Jobs Added to the Economy in March, Unemployment Is 4.5%

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The U.S. economy added 98,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate declined to 4.5%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the job growth was tepid in March, and the revisions for the numbers for January and February are weaker than earlier reported, the economy is continuing close to the trend …

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The Economy Adds 227,000 Jobs in January, and Unemployment Little Changed at 4.8%

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The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in January in the last employment report of the the Barack Obama administration. Unemployment was little changed at 4.8%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. President Donald Trump is inheriting a relatively strong economy based on years of work that Barack Obama and his administration …

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More U.S. Workers Have Highly Volatile, Unstable Incomes

Leave a Comment / Income inequality / By max cyril

The U.S stock market may be at record highs and U.S. unemployment at its lowest level since the Great Recession, but income inequality remains stubbornly high. Contributing to this inequality is the fact that while more Americans are working than at any time since August 2007, more people are working part time, erratic and unpredictable …

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The letter from Carrier to its employees that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to read

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On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump traveled to the Carrier factory in Indianapolis, Indiana to tout the deal he helped orchestrate to keep about 800 manufacturing jobs in the United States in exchange for state and federal incentives, including $7 million from Indiana. “Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Not …

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Economy Gains 312,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment Rises to 3.9%

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

Black workers are still not sharing in the bounty of nation-wide employment gains

New Arizona law pushes unemployed people to work at poverty wages or else

Trump’s Bid to Pit Black and Brown Workers Against Each Other

Public transportation is a jobs and equality issue

98,000 Jobs Added to the Economy in March, Unemployment Is 4.5%

The Economy Adds 227,000 Jobs in January, and Unemployment Little Changed at 4.8%

The letter from Carrier to its employees that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to read

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