JOLTS Shows 3.1 Unemployed per Job Opening in February 2013 Economic Populist ...If one takes the official broader definition of unemployment, or U-6, the ratio becomes 5.8* unemployed people per each job opening...
How to stomp on promising developments in the economy: Austerity Economic Policy Institute ...Frustrated about the slow pace of recovery? Blame those in Congress insisting on damaging cuts...
The Trouble Lurking on Walmart’s Empty Shelves Time ...Walmart has cut employee hours so deeply that it doesn’t have enough associates on hand to get stuff from back-of-the-store staging areas to the shelves...
Plans For One Coal Export Terminal In Oregon Dropped, Four Others Still Under Consideration ThinkProgress ... As of two weeks ago, five terminals to export U.S. taxpayer-owned coal to Asia were proposed for Oregon and Washington. But in the face of fluctuating international energy demand and environmental opposition, one of those terminals—Coos Bay, in Oregon—has been shelved after its last financial backer dropped out early last week...
Bailed-out banks haven’t met goals of small-business lending program, report says Washington Post ...Banks used billions from a small-business lending program to repay government bailout funds, rather than on its intended purpose — making more loans to mom-and-pop operations...
Seniors Mobilize for April 10th Congressional Call-in Day National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare ...The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare is mobilizing advocates across the nation in a Congressional Call-In day on Wednesday, April 10th, the day that President Obama releases his budget including cuts to Social Security...
Labor Unions: America's Last Hope (opinion) Huffington Post ...It's almost impossible to overstate the importance of old-fashioned "resistance." Indeed, without resistance (e.g., pushing back, taking an aggressive stand, demonstrating that you're willing to fight, etc.), things can get out of hand very quickly, whether we're talking about international relations, social intercourse, basic economics, children or adults...
First Student Drivers in Massachusetts Ratify Contract Drive Up Standards ...School bus drivers in Wayland, Mass., have voted unanimously to ratify a four-year contract with First Student. The drivers, who voted to join Teamsters Local 170 in Worcester, Mass., in October, made a number of gains in their first contract, including wage increases, enhanced benefits and safety and job protections...
Teamsters At Republic Services Extend Picket Lines To Anaheim, California IBT ...Sanitation workers employed at Republic Services/Allied Waste’s [NYSE: RSG] Carbon Limestone landfill in Youngstown, Ohio raised a picket line extension at Republic’s Anaheim, Calif. facilities early this morning...
Teamsters Applaud Obama Announcement of NLRB Nominees IBT ...Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa praised President Obama’s efforts fill the remaining vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by naming three nominees today...
