Job Losses

Scott Walker's Walking Papers? Wisconsin Recall Effort Approaches Climax

Don C. Reed | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Bob LaFollette, Progressive, Democracy, Wisconsin, Republicans, Democrats, Scott Walker, Job Losses, Politics News
Don C. Reed

On June 5, this Tuesday, who will come to the voting booths? Will it be supporters of stem cell research for a cure -- or those who would ban what began in Wisconsin? As a stem cell research supporter myself, I regard Scott Walker as a dedicated enemy of America's hopes for cure research.

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Should There Be a "Sell By" Date for Presidential JOBS Responsibility?

Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Job Losses, Bush Recession, Job Creation, Elections 2012, Bain Capital, 2012 Election, President Obama, Politics News
Frank A. Weil

There is no legitimate basis for concluding that Obama has failed American workers. Bush and changes in the global economy did that. These indisputable facts point to the vital question of when a president should be held responsible for job destruction and creation.

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It's Easier To Get Over The Death Of A Spouse Than Long-Term Unemployment

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Job Losses, Video, Unemployment, Job Loss, Widowhood, Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Divorce, Long-Term Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployed, Joblessness, Death, Happiness, Business News

Stay unemployed long enough, and you don't just bounce back once a job rolls around. People who have been out of work a long time tend to be unhapp...

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Paul Krugman: Job Loss Under Bush Much Worse Than Under Obama

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Job Losses, U.S. Economy, Video, Job Loss, Unemployment, Income Inequality, Great Recession, George W. Bush, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, Business News

As much as the job market has suffered under President Obama, his record up to this point is still better than that of his predecessor. That's the...

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Charter School Fires Entire Teaching Staff

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Layoffs, U.S. Economy, Job Losses, Labor Force, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Job Cuts, Monthly Jobs Report, Job Layoffs, Jobs Report, Joblessness, Video, Business News

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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Men Have Gained Almost All Of The Recovery's Jobs

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Job Losses, Video, Mancession, Gender Wage Gap, Business News, Men Job Gains, Economic Recovery, Job-Gains, Recession, Business News

The recession may have hit men particularly hard, but they've been the runaway winners during the recovery. Men have landed 88 percent of the jobs...

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What One Percenters Are Worried About

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Money Worries, Financial Anxiety, Richest People, 1 Percent, Job Losses, Job Loss, Saving for Retirement, Money, Income Inequality, Retirement, Richest Americans, Top 1 Percent, Anxiety, Video, Business News

Worried about losing your job? Afraid you'll hit retirement age with nothing in the bank? The richest people in America apparently feel your pain. ...

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Stop Giving the Entertainment Industry the Silent Treatment

Austin Beutner | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Entertainment Jobs, Job Losses, The Artist, Entertainment, Film Production, Hollywood, Entertainment Industry, Los Angeles News
Austin Beutner

We're enjoying the acclaim given to The Artist, a picture that gives tribute to the Hollywood of yesteryear. But the same town is doing little to speak up for the entertainment industry and to sustain its presence in Southern California.

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'I Watched My Mom Lose Her Job And Struggle To Pay Bills For 2 Years'

| Jennifer Gonzales-Romero | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Job Losses, Video, Unemployment, Bad Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployed-Parents, Cutting Back, Recession Families, Recession, Long Term Unemployed, High School News

This is a teen-written article from our friends at L.A. Youth, a nonprofit organization that uses media as a tool for young people to examine themselv...

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Many With Only High School Diploma Laid Off During Weak Recovery

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Job Losses, Baby Boomers, Recovery, Poverty, Job Loss, High School Graduates, Recession, Layoffs, Video, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Jobless Recovery, Great Recession, Economic Recovery, Foreclosure, African-Americans, College Graduates, Business News

For many in the United States, the two years since the end of the recession have been worse than the downturn itself. Among those Americans with o...

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Teenage Workers Hit Hardest By Recession's Job Losses

Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Job Market, Job Losses, Video, Alternative Schools Network, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Great Recession, Reuters, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies, Business News

* Fewer than half who lost jobs got another * New jobs often paid less * Teens hard-hit by weak job market ...

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Nearly All Who Lost Jobs In The Recession Are Worse Off Now: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Job Losses, U.S. Economy, Video, Depression, Mental Health, Job Loss, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Great Recession, Middle Class, Recession, Business News

The economy is technically in recovery, but for a vast number of Americans, things are worse now than they were three years ago. A recent poll of A...

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Honda's ASIMO Robot -- A Future Job Killer?

Martin Ford | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Jobs, Job Losses, Video, Unemployment, Business, Technology, Robots, Economy, Technology News
Martin Ford

A lot of people have jobs that are safe from automation not because they are especially advanced or creative, but because they involve skills such as dexterity and hand-eye coordination that are currently beyond the capability of machines. Things are changing. Fast.

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Seriously Delinquent Mortgages Again On The Rise

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Job Losses, Video, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Financial Crisis, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Regulators, Delinquency Rate, Mortgage Payments, Business News

WASHINGTON - Borrowers are making their mortgage payments on time more frequently compared to a year ago, but delinquency rates remain elevated as...

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Moving Beyond Job Loss

Estelle Cimino | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Counseling, Job Losses, Unemployment, Business, Tech Bubble, San Francisco, San Francisco News
Estelle Cimino

The bottom line emotional reaction to job loss in today's economy is fear. These ten steps may very well help you to heal and move beyond job loss.

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Cisco May Cut Thousands Of Jobs

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Cisco, Job Losses, Job Cuts, Technology, Cisco Layoffs, Video, Technology News

(Reuters) - Networking equipment company Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce, to...

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The US Congress: Where It Pays to Deceive

Timothy Karr | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Iphone, Job Losses, Fcc, AT&T, Campaign Contributions, T-Mobile, Mobile Internet, Merger, Congress, Corruption, Technology News
Timothy Karr

70 House Democrats just signed on to an industry letter that is so riddled with misinformation about AT&T's proposed merger with T-Mobile it's shocking that anyone would put their name on it.

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'Are You There God? It's Me, Jobless'

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Losses, Unemployment, Faith, Job Search, Employment, Unemployment Stories, Religion, Judaism, Unemployment Support, Christianity, Religion News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

Faith is in a precarious perch for the religious and jobless. While some fall despondent from repeated rejection and thwarted efforts, others cling to faith and turn fervently to prayer.

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7 Disturbing Charts From One Of The Weakest Decades On Record

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Losses, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Slidepollajax, Underemployment, Jobs, Recession, Business News

The last ten years certainly weren't pretty. The last decade was "one of the weakest on record" for GDP and job growth, according to Rebecca Thies...

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Heartless About The Homeless

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Knitting, Job Losses, Mortgage Lenders, Ny Mets, Homelessness, Economic Recession, New York Homeless Families, New-York-Housing, Housing Crisis, Home Foreclosures, Healthy Living News
Lita Smith-Mines

I am firmly convinced that until the rest of us adopt a "we're in this together" attitude and press our elected officials to slow down foreclosures and speed up hiring, home values will keep falling and businesses will keep failing.

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Leonhardt: Obama Successes Outweighed by Job Losses

New York Times | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Jobs, Job Losses, Jobs Crisis, Obama Job Loss, Barack Obama, Obama Job Losses, Obama Success, Jobs, Politics News

On the evening of Dec. 3 last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics sent an advance copy of the next morning's jobs report to the White House. It's sta...

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The Distribution of the Burden of Rising Labor Market Problems

Andrew Sum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Underutilization, Income, Job Losses, Household Income, Labor, Workers, Unemployment, Underemployment, Recession, Business News
Andrew Sum

The economic losses during the Great Recession in U.S. labor markets have been disproportionately concentrated among the nation's low and middle income workers.

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The Upside of the Economy's Downturn

Edward Muzio | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Economic Recovery, Economic Recession, Recession, Economic Crisis, Economy, Global Recession, Job Losses, Job Loss, Economic Recovery Plan, Healthy Living News
Edward Muzio

Has the recession benefited companies at the expense of individuals? It may seem that way. But even in the most difficult circumstances, sometimes everybody wins, at least a little.

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Robots Stealing Healthcare Jobs?

Martin Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Losses, Unemployment, Technology, Business, Third World America, Economy, Healthcare, Business News
Martin Ford

Even healthcare--the one field on which nearly everyone pins hopes for significant job growth--is not immune to automation.

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Fighting the Trade War for American Jobs

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Trade, Obama Administration, Job Losses, Green Jobs, Jobless Rate, China, Business News
Gilbert B. Kaplan

One of the most amazing things about the trade war we are fighting is that the U. S. government often does not appear to know we are even in a war.

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