Unemployment Rate

Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business


Beth Shulman

As the economy worsens, more and more workers will have to take part-time jobs, exposing the urgent need to reform these positions.

The Help Americans Deserve

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Rep. Joe Baca

As grim statics come out that show our nation's unemployment rates have surged to 5.5 percent, Republicans have again tried to block assistance to the families that urgently need it the most.

Biggest jobless jump since '86 _ Wall Street sinks

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Pink slips piled up and jobs disappeared into thin air in May as the nation's unemployment rate zoomed to 5.5 percent in the bigges...

The Dummies' Guide to Stupid Leaders and Misleading Numbers

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.03.2008 | Business


Allison Kilkenny

Hopefully, citizens won't buy into the ridiculous belief that 20,000 lost jobs is a good thing -- a sunny turnaround -- a surge, if you will. The economy, like the war, is toast.

Why Job Market Is Even Worse Than You Think

CNNMoney | Chris Isidore | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business


A government report on January jobs showing that employers trimmed payrolls for the first time in four years set off alarm bells. But the report, whi...

U.S. Economy Sheds 17,000 Jobs

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business


The economy lost 17,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, the first decline in four years and the most striking evidence yet t...

Odds For Recession Increase

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 01.13.2008 | Business


The unemployment rate leaps to a two-year high, record numbers of people are forced from their homes and Wall Street nose-dives again. Such is the fal...

Wall Street Declines After Weak Jobs Report

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business


Wall Street plunged again Friday after the government's much-anticipated employment report showed weaker-than-expected job growth and a rise in the u...


 

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