
While the economy added 292,000 jobs last month, the number of Americans participating in the work force exceeded 94 million for the fifth month in a row, according to new government data released Friday.
by Caroline May8 Jan 2016, 6:31 AM PST0

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, Paul Ryan defended his omnibus bill’s controversial expansion in the H-2B visa program, which would allow foreign workers to fill blue-collar American jobs, by arguing that if the provision were not included, American companies would be forced to shut their doors.
by Julia Hahn23 Dec 2015, 5:41 PM PST0

Foreign-born residents will make up 60 per cent of Sweden’s unemployed by 2017, the country’s employment agency has said. As the country struggles to deal with record immigration, the Arbetsförmedlingen predicted that unemployment would fall among the native population, but
by Nick Hallett9 Dec 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

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

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

The problem facing Democrats as they roll into the 2016 election cycle is that the economy has improved just enough for the Federal Reserve to kill it with an interest-rate hike.
by John Hayward1 Dec 2015, 1:03 PM 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

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 70 percent of Americans that comprise the middle class have been suffering for years from “stealth stagflation” that is driven by high taxes and oppressive regulations.
by Ed Butowsky4 Nov 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

The death rate for middle-aged white people is rising, even as it also falls for other demographics, and even though the overall health of older people is rising, says a new study.
by John Hayward3 Nov 2015, 9:04 PM PST0

A decade on from fierce rioting which rocked Paris suburbs for three weeks in October 2005, experts have warned that the conditions are ripe for a re-run of those events. Numerous initiatives and billions of Euros spent in the banlieues
by Donna Rachel Edmunds27 Oct 2015, 9:25 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

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

According to a study of data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, conducted by the Cato Institute, compensation for federal workers is 78% higher on average than compensation for private sector employees.
“Federal civilian workers had an average wage of $84,153 in 2014, compared to an average in the private sector of $56,350,” according to the Cato review. “The federal advantage in overall compensation (wages plus benefits) is even greater. Federal compensation averaged $119,934 in 2014, which was 78 percent higher than the private-sector average of $67,246.”
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 2:36 PM PST0

President Barack Obama admitted Wednesday that high unemployment during his tenure is allowing U.S. companies to impose lower wages on Americans.
by Neil Munro7 Oct 2015, 9:45 PM PST0

Analysts were expecting well over 200k new jobs for September – which isn’t really all that great, but at least it’s enough to keep pace with population growth. Instead, we got 142k new jobs, the past few months were revised downward, wage growth remained flat, and the labor force shrank by another hair-raising 350k, knocking workforce participation down to 62.4 percent.
by John Hayward5 Oct 2015, 12:40 PM 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

In August, the Obama administration fined a Nebraska $200,000 and demanded they pay “uncapped” backpay to foreign workers against which they discriminated, after the company asked them to provide proof of their legal status.
by Katie McHugh9 Sep 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

The number of foreign-born people employed in the U.S. increased last month, representing a figure more than three times higher than the number of unemployed native-born Americans, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by Caroline May4 Sep 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

The Labor Department reports that the economy added just 173,000 jobs in August, below economists’ expectations of a 212,000 gain.
by Mike Flynn4 Sep 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

The number of people not in the labor force exceeded 94 million for the first time, hitting another record high in August, according to new jobs data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
by Caroline May4 Sep 2015, 6:19 AM PST0

From its founding until the beginning of the 20th century, the United States went from a non-economy to being the world’s largest and wealthiest economy. It achieved this feat on the gold standard mostly, with no central bank, (except for 36 years), and with little or no central planning.
by Pat McKim2 Sep 2015, 5:46 AM PST0