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The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s October employment report showed solid economic growth, but it also shows why many Americans report unhappiness with the economy. The… Read More
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MADISON, Wis. — If Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke defeats Republican Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday, she’ll owe tremendous thanks to a union group fighting… Read More
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What job is most heavily concentrated in your state? A new map from Business Insider uses the newly released May 2013 Occupational Employment Statistics to… Read More
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By many measures the labor market is improving smartly. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 percent in September—not far from the level many economists consider… Read More
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The failed launch and fiery explosion at the Wallops Island spaceport could blow up Virginia’s projected financial windfall at the commercial site. The state invested… Read More
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So now, Hillary Clinton is saying: Never mind, I goofed. The former senator, secretary of state and first lady on Friday declared that businesses and corporations don’t… Read More
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President Obama declared during a recent speech at Northwestern University that he has turned the economy around and that while he might not be on… Read More
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The remaining days of the U.S. Export-Import Bank may be numbered, beset as it is by accusations of corporate cronyism, but at least one big-state… Read More
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From education to earnings, American women today enjoy unprecedented levels of opportunity. Yet too many candidates seem oblivious to the dramatic gains women have made…. Read More
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Nabiha Islam may be a doctor now, but it was only a few short years ago that she was a college student working at Dairy… Read More
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Good economic news has been rare enough the past few years that it’s easy to be skeptical when it appears. But data from the Bureau of… Read More
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Today’s jobs report brought mostly good news for America’s workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found the labor market grew robustly in September. Employers added… Read More
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In her speech to the United Nations this week, first lady Michelle Obama chose to highlight some of the negative things women face in the… Read More
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If the Obama Administration has its way, Ronald McDonald may soon have to wipe that grin off his face as he stands beneath the Golden… Read More
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The protests outside fast-food establishments last week featured calls for a $15 hourly wage. Unemployment is only the most obvious unintended consequence we could expect under such… Read More
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The Census Bureau released updated data this week showing that the so-called “gender pay gap” between men and women reached a record low, with women… Read More
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In his bestselling treatise “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” Thomas Piketty’s vision of the future is – implicitly – a robot dystopia where continued investment… Read More
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How would a law that makes employers afraid to give raises benefit women?! Yet many senators appear to believe it would. They have announced their… Read More
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A leading congressional advocate for pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank today said he “regrets” that a nine-month reauthorization of the federal agency is… Read More
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Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, a popular quick-service chicken restaurant, died this morning. He was 93. Cathy was a hard worker who had a… Read More
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Veteran consumer advocate Ralph Nader says Republicans and Democrats in Congress shouldn’t miss a chance to unite as “unlikely allies” by declining to reauthorize the… Read More
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Start-up companies are the reason America’s economy is more innovative, prosperous and dynamic than the economies of other industrialized countries around the world. New companies… Read More
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Today’s employment report dashed some cold water on hopes the economy has finally begun a robust recovery. For six straight months the payroll survey reported… Read More
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How that fast food worker strike could backfire …
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As thousands of fast-food workers participate in strikes today pushing for their wages to be raised to $15 an hour, it’s important to remember the… Read More
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Under the National Labor Relations Act, states may pass right-to-work (RTW) laws. In jurisdictions without these laws, unions can force workers to pay dues (although… Read More
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Labor markets in the U.S. have become steadily less dynamic for the last few decades. In a dynamic labor market, there is more hiring, more… Read More
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California’s at it again. On Labor Day, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti is expected to announce a three-year series of hikes to the city’s minimum… Read More
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America has a deficit of workers. Willing workers. Capable workers. Skilled, or at least semi-skilled workers, who can do a job and do it well…. Read More
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A new map—presented as a GIF—is putting unemployment rates in historical context. Courtesy of Metric Maps, the image shows how unemployment rates have changed state-by-state from 1976 to… Read More
