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Michel Cournoyer
US / No Momentum in Quality Jobs Market Gallup Finds
Americans continue to think it is hard to find a quality job in February, with 23% saying now is a good time to find one. But this is on par with the 25% who said the same in January, which was the highest Gallup has measured since March 2008. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor … Continue reading
Netherlands / Gloomy Figures: Unemployment rate reaches 7.5%
A string of gloomy figures from the national statistics office CBS on Thursday show the Dutch economy is still in crisis. The jobless rate in January hit 7.5%, the CBS said, a rise of 0.3 percentage point on December. Over the past three months, an average of 19,000 people have joined the ranks of the … Continue reading
US / Politics / The Obama ‘recovery’: more dependence
A strange and disturbing new social pattern is unfolding before our eyes in America today: growing dependence on government handouts in the face of declining unemployment rates. Though we are now preparing to enter into the fourth year of recovery from our Great Recession, the roster of Americans seeking and obtaining entitlement benefits from our … Continue reading
North Carolina / GOP Governor Signs Unemployment Insurance Reforms
Gov. Pat McCrory Tuesday signed into law a bill that would rework the state’s unemployment insurance system. House Bill 4 increases taxes for some employers, shortens the number of weeks an unemployed worker is eligible for benefits, and reduces the maximum benefits such a person can receive. The action by the GOP governor came as … Continue reading
Testimonies / Unemployment stories: Hello from the underclass
The real unemployment rate in southwest Detroit is almost 50%. Seventeen rural South Carolina counties just closed their unemployment offices due to budget cuts, despite high unemployment. In New York, unemployed people say they’re being discriminated against in job searches. The life of the unemployed American is not easy. Each week, we bring you true … Continue reading
Australia / Unemployment (Infographics)
These two infographics (JMM: only one of them here) provide a visual snapshot of the state of unemployment and income support payments in Australia, as well as providing a clearer understanding of how well the Job Services Australia system works to support people in finding jobs. Jobs Australia plan to create a series of infographics … Continue reading
Spain / Thousands of striking Iberia workers protest layoffs
Thousands of striking workers of Spanish flag-carrier Iberia protested noisily in Madrid Wednesday, furious at management’s plans to cut 3,800 jobs following its merger with British Airways. To the din of horns and smoking firecrackers, workers massed outside the company’s headquarters, waving red and yellow Spanish flags and signs such as “Get your dirty hands … Continue reading
Volvo / 1,000 new layoffs for 2013
Volvo Car Corporation announced on Wednesday it would cut about 1,000 jobs and slash $237 million in costs by the end of this year. The Swedish automaker wants to reverse recent losses caused by weak sales in Europe. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson told Swedish public television SVT that 1,000 consultants and white-collar workers would need … Continue reading
Arab Spring Crisis / About lack of jobs says World Bank Chief
In an interview with RT the World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim touched on some key global problems: ending poverty and increasing the private economic sector, fighting global warming and ending the political crisis in Mali. *-* RT:So you are continuing the WB’s mission to fight world poverty, it’s actually a policy that has … Continue reading
US / Unemployment Rate for veterans between 18 and 24 exceeded 20 percent last year
Two months after completing his five-plus years as an Army medic, Dan Huber is still looking for a job. And while he’s had some promising interviews, he has no assurances the search will end soon. That’s given him some insight that he shares with some of his buddies back at Fort Polk in Louisiana: Don’t … Continue reading
UK / Unemployment falls to 2.5m
UK unemployment fell in the three months to December, while the number of people in work jumped to a new record. The jobless total fell by 14,000 between October and December to 2.5 million, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The number in work rose by 154,000 to 29.7 million. More than 580,000 more … Continue reading
BAE Systems / Layoff Notices to 1,368 workers
The 1,368 BAE Systems workers who repair and upgrade warships in San Diego have been notified that they’re at risk of being laid off because Congress hasn’t passed a new budget. Lawmakers approved a so-called continuing resolution last year that has kept government going. But it expires on March 27, threatening funding for everything from … Continue reading
Affirmative Action Bans / The Impact most pronounced in engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences
“The consideration of race as an affirmative factor in higher education admissions decisions remains the target of legal challenges and public debate” writes Liliana M. Garces in Understanding the Impact of Affirmative Action Bans in Different Graduate Fields of Study. (Quotes to follow) A new challenge to the constitutionality of the practice is now being considered by … Continue reading
Reinventing retirement / A Study
“Retirement involves a set of institutional arrangements combined with socio-cultural meanings to sustain a distinct retirement phase in life course and career pathways” writes Leisa D Sargent, Mary Dean Lee and Bill Martin. (Quotes from the Abstract to follow) In this Introduction to the Special Issue: ‘Reinventing Retirement: New Pathways, New Arrangements, New Meanings,’ we outline the historical … Continue reading
Apple / Foxconn places hiring freeze
One of Apple Inc’s major suppliers, Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, said on Wednesday it has placed a hiring freeze on its largest plant in Shenzhen. Foxconn spokesman Louis Woo said the company is not hiring at the facility, citing the high rate of workers returning to the plant after celebrating the Chinese New Year. Woo … Continue reading
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