Private Sector Jobs

ADP: U.S. Labor Market Demolishes Expectations In December

Posted 01.05.2012

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NEW YORK (Steven C. Johnson) - Private-sector hiring surged in December as employers added 325,000 new workers while claims for jobless benefits f...

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Public Sector Losing Jobs At Same Rate Private Sector Adding Them

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.03.2012

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When it comes to an economy trying to right itself, if it's not one thing, it's another. Even as the economy seems to be moving -- slowly -- in the...

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Creating Private Sector Jobs

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 10.31.2011

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Jerry Jasinowski

I suggest a cooperative program, jointly funded by government and business, to train unemployed workers for specific jobs that need filling now.

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How The Government Can Jump-Start Hiring

Los Angeles Times | Tom Campbell | Posted 10.21.2011

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Companies are not hiring, but it's not because they're worried about the national debt. The economy is not growing, but it's not because the public se...

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Collective Bargaining Under Fire: When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Arva Rice | Posted 07.18.2011

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Arva Rice

As politicians all over the nation cast their scrutiny upon public-sector unions, middle-class blacks and other minorities face the prospect of an attack on their collective bargaining rights.

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End the Wars, Cure Cancer, Create Jobs

Robert Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Schwab

Is the nation war-weary? Would the $700 billion this nation is spending on wars be better spent creating jobs for Americans at home?

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Will Organized Labor Rally For Science... and Jobs

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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James M. Gentile

Science is not a special interest; it's a national interest. And it's time for organized labor -- as well as the business community -- to rally behind it.

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Private Sector Added Nearly 200K Jobs In January

Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. private employers added 187,000 jobs in January compared with a revised gain of 247,000 jobs in December, a report by a payrolls processor s...

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Economic History Shows Clearly That Tax Cuts for Rich Hurt the Economy

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Creamer

There is a body of empirical, historical evidence that proves clearly that tax cuts for the rich not only do nothing to spur economic growth -- they actually do substantial damage to the prospects for economic growth.

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Unemployment Rate Holds Steady, But Economy Adds 151,000 Jobs

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy generated a net gain in jobs for the first time in five months in October, as businesses stepped up their painfully slo...

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Corporate Values, Community Woes

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deepak Bhargava

Corporations owe the American community quality jobs, not because of the laws of the free market but because their success is built on the success of all of us.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Unemployment Rate Holds Steady, Economy Sheds 95,000 Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Payrolls plunged in September more than forecast as continuing fiscal retrenchment by state and local governments forced agencies to cut employment wh...

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Private Sector Still Adding Only A Small Amount Of Jobs

Reuters | Caroline Valetkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Private employers added 42,000 jobs in July, compared with a revised gain of 19,000 in June, the report by a payrolls processor ADP Employer Services ...

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Laura Bassett

Still No Sign of a Double-Dip Recession, Says Adecco CEO

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. jobless rate rose slightly to 9.6 from 9.5 percent in August, but some experts are saying this may actually be a good sign for the economy. ...

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Overworked and Underpaid? Productivity Increases, but Wage Growth Declines

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Akito Yoshikane

Household income for the average working family has continued to fall, but men, Latinos and those without a college education have experienced an especially sharp deceleration of wage growth since the recession

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Economy Sheds 125,000 Jobs In June

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A second straight month of lackluster hiring by American businesses is sapping strength from the economic rebound. The jobless rat...

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Government Workers Earn $12 MORE Per Hour Than Their Private Counterparts

Posted 05.25.2011

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Government jobs may not sound lucrative, but state and local government employees make $12 more per hour than private workers, according to a recent r...

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Private-Sector Sheds 22,000 Jobs In January, Smallest Drop In Two Years

wsj.com | KATHLEEN MADIGAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- The labor market showed positive signs of recovering in January. Private-sector jobs in the U.S. fell by 22,000 in January, the smallest d...

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203K Private-Sector Jobs Lost In October

Bloomberg | Timothy R. Homan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Companies in the U.S. cut an estimated 203,000 jobs in October, according to a private report based on payroll data. ...

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A Time For Belief

Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jen Grisanti

The key is creating a niche that fits your background and work experience and then doing what it takes execute it with clear vision.

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Unemployment: Private Sector Lost 532,000 jobs in May

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. private employers chopped more than half a million jobs in May, signaling job conditions remain tough and dashing some hopes...

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Private Sector Job Losses Reach 697,000 In February

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. private sector job losses accelerated in February, according to a report by ADP Employer Services on Wednesday that came in...

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Jason Linkins

RNC Chair Steele Doesn't Seem To Understand How The Government Works

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether or not I have policy disagreements with the the Republican National Committee, I nevertheless would prefer that its chair had, at minimum, a b...

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Sam Stein

Steele Confuses Stephanopoulos: Claims Government Jobs "Aren't Jobs," Private Sector Jobs Never Go Away

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is certainly a political debate to be waged over whether or not government spending can effectively create jobs. But in his interview on This We...

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