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A Budget Deal That's Bad For America
The biggest issue . . . is that this is a budget that will continue to impose a drag on the economy . . . While the stimulus approved by Congress boosted growth and added between 2-3 million jobs, the...
View ArticleMerry Christmas: No More Unemployment Benefits
December 27, 2013Merry Christmas, from the GOP: no more unemployment benefits. Sign here to extend benefits.Tags: unemploymentunemployment insurance
View ArticleFacing Homelessness
'I don't know what we're going to do. We could end up homeless because of this.''Richard Mattos, 59, of Salem, Ore., who has been out of work since March, when he was laid off as a case manager at a...
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The Fear Economy
There are many steps that we can take to end that state of affairs, but the most important is to put jobs back on the agenda.More than a million unemployed Americans are about to get the cruelest of...
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2014: Seize the Moment
We can no longer allow the billionaires and their think tanks or the corporate media to set the agenda. We need to educate, organize and mobilize the working families of our country to stand up for...
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ILO warns young hit hardest as global unemployment continues to rise
The ILO has issued its 2014 Global Employment Trends report, with a grim forecast for workers in general, and young workers in particular. The proportion of young people not in employment, education or...
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ILO warns young hit hardest as global unemployment continues to rise
The ILO has issued its 2014 Global Employment Trends report, with a grim forecast for workers in general, and young workers in particular. The proportion of young people not in employment, education or...
View ArticleMake the Call
'The important thing is to make it clear to every member of the Senate that this stalemate on jobless benefits cannot go on one more week. There are big-picture consequences: a report this week from...
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Millions-Strong March for Dignity Shakes Spain
Once the March for Dignity became public, it rapidly became clear that it was an initiative for which millions had been waiting. Endorsements of its manifesto rapidly multiplied and the popularity of...
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Today's Jobs Report and the Supreme Court's "McCutcheon" Debacle
The vast middle class and poor don't have enough purchasing power, as 95 percent of the economy's gains go to the top 1 percent. Some wealthy people and big corporations have a strangle-hold on our...
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REWIND - A Week of Quotes and Cartoons
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!; Progressive Budget, Ryan Budget and economic inequality; General Motors; Supreme Court McCutcheon decision; USAID, Twitter and Cuba; UkraineREWIND - A Week of Quotes and Cartoons...
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Not Just the Long-Term Unemployed: Those Unemployed Zero Weeks Are Struggling...
There’s a significant labor economics literature that argues that job-to-job transitions are a major driver of wage growth for workers. If the number of people moving directly from one job to another...
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Austerity Bites, Employment Rate Falls Again
In a weak macroeconomy, the employment rate is a better indicator of labour market strength, since it avoids the arbitrary distinction regarding whether someone is sufficiently "active" in their job...
View ArticleNew Report Finds Black Recent Grads Hardest Hit by the Great Recession
A report shows that while young black workers with college degrees have fared better than their less-educated peers, they have a higher unemployment rate and are more likely to find themselves in a job...
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Temporary Jobs on Rise in Today's Shifting Economy
"Workers increasingly serve businesses that do not officially 'employ' the worker — a distinction that hampers organizing, erodes labor standards and dilutes accountability," said Catherine...
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In the Future, Will There be Any Work Left for People to Do?
Driverless cars are safer than human-driven ones. Computers can predict Supreme Court decisions better than legal scholars. What’s next?I am standing on a stage, behind a waist-high podium with my...
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Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses Face 80% Unemployment
Most adults with mental illness want to work, and six in 10 can succeed with the right supports, according to the report. Yet only 1.7 percent received supported employment services in 2012.Employment...
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Hiring Picks Up, But Wages Not Keeping Pace
The lack of wage growth is one reason why many consumers feel that the broader economic recovery hasn’t reached their wallets. The problem has divided academics and fueled political debate on Capitol...
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Millions-Strong March for Dignity Shakes Spain
Once the March for Dignity became public, it rapidly became clear that it was an initiative for which millions had been waiting. Endorsements of its manifesto rapidly multiplied and the popularity of...
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Today's Jobs Report and the Supreme Court's "McCutcheon" Debacle
The vast middle class and poor don't have enough purchasing power, as 95 percent of the economy's gains go to the top 1 percent. Some wealthy people and big corporations have a strangle-hold on our...
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