
GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says “it’s a real tragedy” there are more foreign born workers in the United States “when an increasing number of Americans can’t find jobs.”
by Alex Swoyer4 Dec 2015, 12:32 PM PST0

According to the BLS, the African American unemployment rate remained more than twice as high as the unemployment rate among white workers, which declined from 4.4 percent in October to 4.3 percent in November. African American unemployment increased from 9.2 percent to 9.4 percent from October to November.
by Caroline May4 Dec 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

A record number of American men were outside the labor force last month, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Based on historical data, the 38,151,000 American men not in the labor force is a record going back to the first available data in June of 1976 when just 15,349,000 men were out of the workforce.
by Caroline May4 Dec 2015, 8:41 AM PST0

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in November 56,295,000 women (ages 16 and older) were neither employed nor had looked for a job in four weeks. The number represented a decline of 245,000 from October’s level and a decline of 352,000 from September’s record level of 56,647,000 women not in the workforce.
by Caroline May4 Dec 2015, 8:02 AM PST0

The number of foreign-born people employed in the U.S. hit a record high in November, according to data released Friday by Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by Caroline May4 Dec 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

While the economy added 211,000 jobs in November, the number of Americans not participating in the work force exceeded 94 million for a fourth month in a row, according to Labor Department data released Friday.
by Caroline May4 Dec 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

California employers added 41,200 new jobs in the month of October, as the Golden State’s employment production continues at a 50 percent higher pace than the nation as a whole.
by Chriss W. Street23 Nov 2015, 11:37 AM PST0

At the dizzying height of Food Stamp Nation, with some $80 billion a year spent just on food assistance, and a government of unprecedented size and power aggressively recruiting new dependents, how do we still have so many people living in such deep poverty?
by John Hayward19 Nov 2015, 2:39 PM PST0

While the number of unemployed foreign-born workers declined last month, the number of unemployed native born workers increased, according to unemployment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by Caroline May6 Nov 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

Unemployment among African Americans is more than twice as high as white unemployment and nearly twice as high as the national average, according to government data released Friday.
by Caroline May6 Nov 2015, 9:05 AM PST0

The number of women outside the labor force decline slightly in October, according to new government data released Friday.
by Caroline May6 Nov 2015, 6:40 AM PST0

The number of Americans not participating in the labor force exceeded 94 million for the third time in a row last month, according to new government data released Friday.
by Caroline May6 Nov 2015, 6:11 AM PST0

Texas, West Virginia, and 22 other states have filed a lawsuit to challenge an Obama Administration rule that opponents say radically restructures the way electricity is produced and consumed in the United States.
by Lana Shadwick23 Oct 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

Insiders are reporting that Disney-owned ESPN cable sports network is preparing to cut up to 350 jobs, causing it to shed about 4.3 percent of its workforce.
by Warner Todd Huston20 Oct 2015, 8:07 PM PST0

More than half of U.S. states reported job losses in September, as hiring slowed, a new report finds.
by Warner Todd Huston20 Oct 2015, 6:57 PM PST0

More than half of U.S. states experienced job losses last month, according to data released Tuesday by the Labor Department. The Bureau of Labor Statics reported that employment dropped in 27 states. Twenty states and the District of Columbia saw employment increase and three states had employment figures that remained unchanged.
by Caroline May20 Oct 2015, 3:13 PM PST0

Although California’s labor force shrank by 32,000 jobs in September, the Employment Development Department (EDD) in Sacramento claimed a big drop in unemployment claims from 6.1 percent to 5.9 percent.
by Chriss W. Street18 Oct 2015, 5:55 AM PST0

The leftist Public Policy Institute of California (PPI) cites its own survey to suggest that the state fork over more money to help reduce the cost of a college education for students and dumb down standards for acceptance in the UC and CSU systems, as the number of college graduates is declining considerably.
by William Bigelow13 Oct 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

Seth Rogen, star of the new biopic “Steve Jobs,” used his verified Twitter account Friday to attack black Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. “Fuck you Ben Carson,” Rogen tweeted. — — Rogen did not elaborate on where this anger came
by John Nolte9 Oct 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

The unemployment rate among black teens was more than six times higher than the national average, and nearly double the overall teen unemployment rate last month, according to data released Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by Caroline May2 Oct 2015, 9:45 AM PST0

According to the not seasonally adjusted BLS numbers, in September 24,928,000 foreign-born people were employed in the U.S., growing by 14,000 jobs compared to August when 24,914,000 foreign-born people were employed. Native-born Americans, meanwhile, experienced a loss in jobs, declining 262,000 from August’s level of 124,314,000 to 124,052,000 employed native-born people in September.
by Caroline May2 Oct 2015, 8:23 AM PST0

White House Denounces Republican ‘Brinkmanship’ After Poor Jobs Report
by Charlie Spiering2 Oct 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

More than 56 million women were not of the U.S. labor force last month, according to new government data released Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 56,647,000 women, ages 16 and older during the month of September were neither employed nor had made specific efforts to find work in the past four weeks.
by Caroline May2 Oct 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that a record 94,610,000 people (ages 16 and over) were not in the labor force in September. In other words they were neither employed nor had made specific efforts to find work in the prior four weeks.
by Caroline May2 Oct 2015, 6:02 AM PST0

As the effects of Net Neutrality have begun to appear in the tech industry, California’s Employment Development Department reports that the government created more jobs than the private sector did in the Bay Area in August.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Sep 2015, 6:25 AM PST0