Union Membership Is On The Decline In America
ThinkstockMerely mentioning the word “union” along with labor can become a controversial and heated topic. We are going to leave the union versus non-union debate up to the readers, but new data is out…
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ThinkstockIf you have heard of the growing burden of student loans on society, there is a new report out from the U.S. Census Bureau that coincides with this trend. This is the growing rates…
Spring Hiring Kicks Off at Lowe’s
ThinkstockHome improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) said today that it plans to hire about 45,000 seasonal employees at its U.S. stores this spring. The company also plans to add another 9,000 permanent,…
Crushing Global Unemployment Rises — ILO
In contrast to data about improved jobs situations in the United States, Germany and China, much of the balance of the world remains mired in high unemployment. The recession has not ended at all…
Unemployment Finally Improves In Hard Hit States
ThinkstockAmong the best measures of how strong the recovery of the U.S. economy has become is the improvement in the jobs rate in the states hit hardest by the recession. The upward turn was…
Spain’s Six Million Unemployed Versus 12.2 Million In U.S.
ThinkstockBy the reckoning of number of economists, Spain’s number of unemployed reached six million late last year. Although the means of measurement are different, the figure contrasts with a number of 12.2 million in…
Weekly Jobless Claims Hit Lowest Level Since 2008
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims and the news looks rather good on the surface. In fact, if this can be repeated for two more weeks, it is very…
Is the Jobs Market Tumbling Again?
ThinkstockIndications have emerged that job market growth may have cooled considerably in January, or that layoffs may have surpassed job additions. If so, it would be the first time in more than a year…
Walmart Turns on the Charm
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.In an announcement at the major U.S. retail trade show, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has said that it will hire at least 100,000 U.S. military service veterans in the…
National Employee Morale Day at Amex, CEO Makes Millions
ThinkstockAmerican Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) announced it will lay off 5,400 people, due in part to a slowdown in its travel business. The firm will take a fourth-quarter charge. As far as the public…
Weekly Jobless Claims Worse Than Expected on the Surface
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department may be getting a new chief soon, but the weekly jobless claims report and other reports are still coming out. This past week, weekly claims were up by 4,000 to…
Unemployment Remains Above 15% in Several Cities
ThinkstockThe Bureau of Labor Statistics announced good news on the jobs front in major cities as measured in November: Unemployment rates were lower in November than a year earlier in 322 of the 372…
Retail Hiring at Six-Year High
ThinkstockRetailers employed additional 728,300 workers between October 1st and December 31st of the past holiday season according to a report from consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The outplacement firm based its total on…
Conference Board Employment & CEO Outlook Reports Better Than Labor Department Report
ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released two more bits of data which may seem confusing compared to last week’s employment report from the Labor Department. The U.S. added only 155,000 payrolls in December and the…
Disney Cost Cutting to Include Layoffs
courtesy of DisneyWalt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) may be considered by Wall St. to be among the best-run media giants in the world. That status will not protect some significant number of the company’s…