U.S.-based multinationals creating lots of jobs, but 75% of them overseas
Paul Ryan budget would kill millions of jobs
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin loses jobs while employment rises in neighboring states
Latino share of labor force projected to grow
DeLauro and Johnson introduce bill to combat discrimination against unemployed
ADP jobs report blows past all expectations
An employment report based on the payrolls of 430,000 private businesses announced a huge gain in new non-farm job creation today, nearly three times what the expert consensus had predicted. The gain "suggests nonfarm private employment grew very strongly in December, at a pace well above what is usually associated with a declining unemployment...
99ers and the Bum’s Rush
What about the pay ethic?
I have a friend who works as a security guard at a big department store retail chain. Security guard work is one of the few available avenues of employment for high-school-only educated people in America. The elite political class has apparently decided that making, building, and growing things are best left to foreigners and that...
Open thread for night owls: Race to the bottom
At the Campaign for America's Future, Dave Johnson writes, Winning The Race To The Bottom:
"Free trade" -- moving factories across borders to evade the protections of democracy that generations of Americans fought for -- pits exploited workers with few rights and no means of improving their condition against Americans...
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Student Internships: Good Experience, Weak LawSince 1992, the percentage of graduating college students who participated in internships during their schooling has risen from 9% to 83%, now running at 2.5 million students each year. These have benefits for both employer and student, including networking and vetting for future employment. On the student end, not just benefits, but, increasingly, a requirement.... Jobless Report Tends to Confirm Tepid RecoveryIt was the same story as last month in the lead up to today's release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report: A couple of weeks of mixed economic news. The report clocked in this morning with the jobless numbers well below the consensus predicted by experts surveyed by Bloomberg and The Wall... Follow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
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