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Maryland shed 6,000 jobs in April, the federal government said Friday — the largest monthly loss in the country during a month when most states gained, but one that might have been overstated. The figures, which are preliminary and adjusted ...
May 18, 2012 at 14:32 | Source: Baltimore Sun
There is a lot of evidence of the effect of job loss on peoples’ future earnings and employment opportunities. New research into the impact of fathers’ job loss on their child’s educational attainment, for the first time in the UK, finds ...
May 15, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: phys.org
Jobs numbers continue to be at the center of the Wisconsin recall. The new monthly survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Thursday indicate Wisconsin lost 6,200 private-sector jobs in April — but Gov. Scott Walker continues to dispute the ...
May 17, 2012 at 19:55 | Source: TPM
PLANNED cuts to opening hours at Sheffield recycling centres and job losses have been scaled down after a dispute with workers which led to a three-day strike at the weekend. A new option has been put forward to the GMB trade union, which represents the 39 ...
May 28, 2012 at 06:49 | Source: The Star
I applaud Albert Lupton's Where I Stand article on May 9, "Why the 99 percent are demonstrating today." Concerning accountability in the banking industry, I am experiencing firsthand the challenges of trying not to become a housing statistic. I've been ...
May 21, 2012 at 20:12 | Source: Danbury News-Times
TAMPA, Fla. — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that “should never have happened” and survived a push to strip him of the title of chairman of the board.
May 15, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: Augusta Chronicle
While ruthless global competition nips manufacturing, lowers wages, and cuts benefits, I am seeing videos from the presidential race focusing on jobs, or lack of them. This latest, on a closed stationary plant up north, reflects these themes.
May 22, 2012 at 04:04 | Source: Courier-Journal
A union boss will ask the federal government today to intervene on behalf of the aluminium sector, in a bid to stop mines and smelters around the country closing. Australian Workers' Union National Secretary Paul Howes is worried other companies could ...
May 24, 2012 at 19:11 | Source: Skynews.com
A commenter in The Mercury’s Sound-Off column last week drew a comparison between the nation’s attitudes toward those serving in the military from the Vietnam era to today: In 1964, the caller noted, there was no hero’s welcome -- but ...
May 27, 2012 at 03:51 | Source: Mercury
During a three-month period ending last September, 190,661 Michigan jobs disappeared. That’s nearly one out of every 20 jobs in the state. So why weren’t there headlines about an employment apocalypse? Because during the same period 227,785 new jobs ...
May 7, 2012 at 13:04 | Source: Mackinac Center for Public Policy