Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work. Companies added a net total of 67,000 [Continue]
…"Contemporary characterizations and depictions suggest that African American males harbor a lifelong disregard for their own personal development, and a lack of commitment to their loved ones and society in general," a societal attitude that keeps them from being helped, he said. Black male youths are likely to grow up in [Continue]
…"Contemporary characterizations and depictions suggest that African American males harbor a lifelong disregard for their own personal development, and a lack of commitment to their loved ones and society in general," a societal attitude that keeps them from being helped, he said. Black male youths are likely to grow up in [Continue]
The children of foreign workers faced with deportation arrived at the Interior Ministry in Tel Aviv dressed in Israeli youth scout uniforms. The foreigners parents moved to Israel to seek employment opportunities and now wish to remain in Israel as official citizens. View full post on Latest Articles [Continue]
By Dennis Cauchon At a time when workers’ pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees’ average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The [Continue]
The Obama administration awarded $159.1 million in grants Thursday to educational programs that train nurses and geriatric specialists as well as those that recruit and support students from minority groups that are underrepresented in those fields. The grants, which include new and continuing funding, build on multimillion dollar investments [Continue]
Hundreds of federal employees may have improperly reaped millions in Social Security disability benefits, according to a government watchdog that caught workers at several major agencies pocketing fraudulent payments. The Government Accountability Office issued a report that showed at least 1,500 federal employees may have wrongly received [Continue]
Violence erupted in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protested over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of demands. Police said protesters blocked traffic and burned cars in Dhaka. It comes after officials said on Thursday that the minimum monthly wage would rise to 3,000 taka ($43), up from 1,662 taka. [Continue]
More than 1,300 space shuttle workers received layoff notices this week from United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor that is cutting 15 percent of its 8,100-person workforce ahead of the shuttle fleet's retirement next year. Layoff notices were issued to 1,394 USA employees in all, company spokesperson Kari Fluegel told SPACE.com. The [Continue]
The recent immigration law in Arizona has led to both controversy and immediate, undeniable impact. The law gives authorities in the state the right to check documentation of anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant. It is now being reported that since the law's creation, over tens of thousands of illegal immigrants have left the [Continue]
An appliance manufacturer has changed policies at its freezer plant in St. Cloud that will make it possible for its Muslim employees to observe Ramadan. The North American division of the Sweden-based Electrolux Group announced Friday that it had adjusted its meal schedule so that its Muslim employees will be able to break their fast [Continue]
President Obama went to the groundbreaking of a road project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday to show that his massive stimulus package is still churning out jobs — a “good news” story that was anything but for some construction workers who were trying to figure out how to make up for the payday they lost due [Continue]
California Unemployment Report Fosters Doubts On Recovery The addition of 28,300 jobs in May mostly represents temporary census positions, adding to fears that the state's climb out of the recession will take longer than expected. Alana Semuels June 18, 2010 California added 28,300 jobs to its payrolls in May, but many were temporary [Continue]
In addition to the fishermen and hoteliers whose livelihoods have been devastated by BP’s hemorrhaging undersea oil well, another group of Gulf Coast residents is beginning to suffer: the tens of thousands of workers like Ronald Brown who run the equipment or serve in support roles on deepwater oil rigs in [Continue]
ObamaCare chickens coming home to roost: Part of the health care overhaul due to kick in this September could strip more than 1 million people of their insurance coverage, violating a key goal of President Barack Obama’s reforms. Under the provision, insurance companies will no longer be able to apply broad annual caps on the [Continue]
