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Update – US – Omitted California claims: Calif. official under-reporting was Obama campaign donor?
The reason for the massive drop in jobless claims two weeks ago was because the BLS forgot to include California in their report. (US – Jobless claims dropped because BLS omitted California) Now we learn that the Calif. official whose agency under-reported unemployment stats was Obama campaign donor Marty Morgenstern, the secretary of the California agency … Continue reading
California – Farm-labor abuse still a reality
One morning earlier this year, in the borderland town of Brawley, California, 75-year-old Ignacio Villalobos perched on a chair in his trailer, removed a plastic bag from the well of a rubber boot, and finished dressing for work. Dawn was still an hour away, and in the wan light of the kitchen, Villalobos took off … Continue reading
First-time Calif. unemployment claims drop 9.5% – Handling Hard Times : The Orange County Register
California employers may be slow in adding jobs, but layoffs have declined substantially based on first-time claims for unemployment.Average weekly initial unemployment claims in the state rose to 61,851 in June from the 56,704 in May, according to the U.S. Labor Department. But for the first six months of the year, average weekly first-time filings were … Continue reading
Great Recession – One in six Californians went hungry
About 3.8 million Californians went hungry during the recession, according to a report released Monday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. More than 1.1 million of those adults were in Los Angeles County. Altogether, about one in six Californians had “food insecurity,” meaning they couldn’t put enough food on the table and experienced … Continue reading
San Diego Unified School District Board of Education To Layoff Nearly 1,000 Employees
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted 3-1 Tuesday night to issue layoff notices to about 975 full- and part-time classified employees for the next fiscal year to help balance a budget deficit that could reach $122 million. Notices would be issued to affected employees, which include library assistants, custodians and assistants … Continue reading
CA | No Jobs for 43% of Newly Licensed Nurses
Forty-three percent of California nurses, who were newly licensed RNs in the previous 18 months, said they had not landed their first job, according to a Fall 2011 survey conducted by the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC). The survey was conducted in collaboration with the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), California … Continue reading
Unemployment Rate | Decline in 30 states
This graph shows the current unemploymentrate for each state (red), and the max during the recession (blue). Every state has some blue – indicating no state is currently at the maximum during the recession. The states are ranked by the highest current unemployment rate. Only three states still have double digit unemployment rates: Nevada, Rhode … Continue reading
School layoffs | Losing teachers in Orange County
Ten districts across Orange County have released the names of hundreds of teachers and other employees facing potential layoffs. Last month, districts announced they could cut more than 1,500 school jobs as part of an effort to slash up to $269 million from budgets, prompted by the state’s ongoing budget crisis. An Orange County education … Continue reading
Wisconsin leads Midwest in layoffs, unemployment
Despite signs of recovery over the last year, Wisconsin is one of the leading states in layoffs and unemployment claims, according to the most recent federal statistics. Only five other states — California, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida — had more layoffs than Wisconsin during January of this year, according to the a … Continue reading
Job Front: Matching military vets to employers is group’s goal
In Sacramento, a number of veterans groups and state and local employment agencies work to make local employers aware of job-ready veterans. Here are a few: • Sacramento Area Human Resource Association (www.sahra.org). • Sacramento Veterans Resource Center (www.vietvets.org/svrc.htm). • Employment Development Department (www.edd.ca.gov). • California Department of Veterans Affairs (www.cdva.ca.gov). • Sacramento Employment and … Continue reading
California | Long-term unemployed get reprieve | The Orange County Register
Long-term unemployment benefits in California should remain at 99 weeks in California until June, according to an Employment Development Department analysis of the payroll tax and jobless bill signed by President Barack Obama Thursday. Initial descriptions of the legislation suggested long-term benefits would be cut to 73 weeks under a compromise approved by Congress earlier … Continue reading
Union says 500 layoffs averted at American – Sacramento Business, Housing Market News | Sacramento Bee
The flight attendants’ union says that because of job-sharing and other steps, American Airlines won’t have to furlough 500 workers this spring. American said two weeks ago that it planned to cut 500 flight attendants because it’s flying less than it did a year ago. via Union says 500 layoffs averted at American – Sacramento … Continue reading
Sit ‘n Sleep hiring 50 veterans | veterans, sit, sleep – The Orange County Register
Sit ‘n Sleep, the mattress firm, is adding five stores in Southern California this year and plans to hire 50 veterans, the company said today. Larry “You’re killing me Larry” Miller, Sit ‘n Sleep’s chief executive, said the idea to hire vets came to him as he watched the wind-down of the wars in Iraq … Continue reading
Long Beach school board approves layoffs of 300 – Sacramento News – Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
The Long Beach school board has approved the layoffs of more than 300 employees, including the entire teaching staff of the Head Start preschool program, as part of proposed budget cuts. The Press-Telegram ( http://bit.ly/ypTARZ) says the school district is proposing the cuts in anticipation of a more than $189 million budget deficit by 2014. … Continue reading
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