Bridge to Work

Arthur Delaney

Obama Administration Unveils Plan To Let States Experiment With Unemployment Insurance

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday invited states to try out new unemployment insurance schemes that would allow businesses to take on...

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Arthur Delaney

Congress Takes Interest In Eccentric Philanthropist's Jobs Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.25.2012

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Philanthropist Gene Epstein says he donated $250,000 to assorted charities on behalf of businesses that hired unemployed people starting in 2009. Now ...

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Arthur Delaney

Obama's 'Bridge To Work' Proposal 'A No-Go Proposition' For Big Employer

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's proposal to let businesses train the unemployed without having to pay them is "a no-go proposition" for at le...

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Arthur Delaney

Bridge To Work: Obama's Plan For Long-Term Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama announced Thursday evening a plan to put the long-term jobless back to work by encouraging states to adopt "Bridge to Wo...

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Go With What Works

Joe Sestak | Posted 11.08.2011

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Joe Sestak

If job creation for Americans is our real goal, and not large companies' bottom line, the data over the past twelve months has sent a strong message: small businesses are the real engine of job growth and should be the focus of any policy to spur job acceleration.

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