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Blocking Labor Department Wage Rule Condemns Young Americans to Unemployment

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 05.23.2012

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Ross Eisenbrey

It is time for Congress to permit a true test of the labor market, a real opportunity for more U.S. workers to hear about and consider taking seafood-processing jobs like crab picking.

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The Labor Force Shrinks. Is Economic Growth Next?

The Washington Post | Posted 05.05.2012

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If the same percentage of adults were in the workforce today as when Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 11.1 percent. If the per...

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Disabled Workers Shrink Labor Force

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.08.2012

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More than 1.6 million Americans have signed up for Social Security disability benefits since the recession, taking themselves out of the work force --...

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Where the Jobs Are: 5 states Leading the Recovery

Richard Barrington | Posted 05.02.2012

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Richard Barrington

While it would be great if all areas could share in this recovery, having some areas of exceptional growth can act as a real catalyst for the economy. With any luck, where these areas of dynamic growth lead, more jobs, stronger sales and higher savings account rates will follow.

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Mild Winter Weather Might Have Made The Economy Look Better Than It Is

The Washington Post | YLAN Q. MUI | Posted 04.07.2012

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As most Americans basked in the warmest, sunniest March in half a century, economists stared at the skies with dread: Could good weather portend ba...

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Charter School Fires Entire Teaching Staff

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.06.2012

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Layoffs may be on the wane, but they haven't stopped entirely. Just ask the teachers at Philadelphia's Frontier Virtual Charter High School. On Mar...

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Bonnie Kavoussi

Ben Bernanke: Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Altering Job Market For The Worse

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.07.2012

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that record levels of long-term unemployment will alter the U.S. job market for the worse for the f...

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The Cities That Gained And Lost The Most Jobs

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Ashley C. Allen | Posted 12.23.2011

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From 24/7 Wall St.: As economic conditions in the country improve, it is not enough to quote national statistics and vague data. Tangible, localized m...

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Labor Force's Share Of Income Plunges To Record Low

Posted 12.01.2011

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The labor force's share of income has plunged to its lowest level since the measure was first recorded. The labor force's share of income -- or th...

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Should Older Workers Step Aside?

Kevin E. Cahill | Posted 10.29.2011

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Kevin E. Cahill

How do we address the fact that both older and younger workers need jobs now? The best advice is to see past the short term and avoid introducing a market distortion -- asking older workers to "step aside" -- that is premised on the number of jobs in the economy being fixed.

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Lila Shapiro

Youth Unemployment Crisis Has Longterm Implications For Teens, The Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.29.2011

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As we look forward to this Friday's August unemployment snapshot from the Department of Labor, one part of the picture is already in focus: this was t...

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Labor Force Participation Lowest In 30 Years

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.12.2011

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The jobs crisis may be even worse than it seems. Times are tough for the nation's unemployed, and many have given up looking for work, dropping out...

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10 Artistic Jobs With Bright Futures

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.08.2011

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With the country in the middle of a jobs crisis, finding any form of employment is tough, let alone jobs in the arts. It turns out, however, that t...

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Arthur Delaney

How Long Before The Unemployed Give Up?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A new study from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the Great Recession that technically ended in 2009 has dou...

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Our Ability: Web Portal for People With Disabilities

John Robinson | Posted 05.28.2011

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John Robinson

People with disabilities have very few mentors or ways to connect with other people with disabilities. I want to help solve this problem.

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How Unemployment Is Dragging Down The Housing Market

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although the United States population has grown by 120 million people in the past fifty-odd years, today's new homes are selling at just half the pace...

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What the Doomsayers Don't Say to You

Ron Insana | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Insana

While many remain deeply concerned about the fragility of what might be the start of a self-sustaining economic recovery, there is real reason for optimism that, indeed, a true and lasting recovery is underway.

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Job Creation: Begin By Finding Out What's Working

Eric Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Rodriguez

A good starting point to stimulate job creation is to find out where it's actually happening. It turns out that during the height of the recession, Latinos made employment gains in several states.

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Crafting a Response to the Incredible Rise in Child Poverty

Reid Cramer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reid Cramer

Here's a chilling fact: over 1 in 5 children spent the year in poverty. And unlike wages or productivity figures, that's not just an indicator of the economy right now. It's a forecaster of things to come. Children, after all, grow up.

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More than 18 Million Jobs Needed!

Masood Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Masood Ahmed

For the six oil-importing countries in the Middle East and North Africa region--Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia--high unemployment...

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Unemployment Is High And Employers Are Still Struggling To Fill Low Wage Jobs

Slate Magazine | Daniel Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

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But the Journal article seems to overlook one important factor. Even in an age of historic underutilization of the labor force, the laws of supply and...

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The Recession Generation: Congress Must Act Now to Prevent Long-Term Damage

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Weinstein

The Great Recession has plunged us into very bad times. The Recession Generation -- the workforce of our future -- will pay the price.

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Dangerous Cracks Appearing in Job Market

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Dangerous cracks in the nation's job market are deepening. Employers slashed jobs by the largest amount in five years and hundreds ...

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