Tag: Unemployment
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Quinn’s Motto: Move Your Business Out
Today’s Local Bad News: Illinois companies warned in January that they may lay off as many as 1,200 workers in the next two months, according to filings with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. viaChicago Tribune. The economy sucks and the media doesn’t want to talk about it. Manufacturing in Illinois is on…
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Who Would Rather Not Work?
This first came up (recently at least) with the Hostess workers: Interviews with more than a dozen workers showed there was little sign of regret from employees who voted for the strike. They said they would rather lose their jobs than put up with lower wages and poorer benefits. “They’re just taking from us,” said…
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Companies Closing or Laying-off Since Obama Won
An incredible complication of stories over at TheBlaze.com. Here’s a partial list of layoffs announced since the election: Energizer – laying off 1,500 employees Exide Technologies – laying off 150 employees Westinghouse – laid off another 50 employees Research in Motion Limited – laid off about 200 employees Lightyear Network Solutions – laid off more than…
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Businesses Expanding but Not Hiring
A majority of owners of midsized businesses in the Chicago area plan to expand in the next three months, but only a third say they will hire more workers in that time, according to a new survey. … The most recent poll … found that nearly 60 percent of surveyed businesses planned to expand in…
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$2M in Unemployment to Inmates
More than 1,100 people have collected nearly $2 million in unemployment benefits while they were in county jails or state prisons, including $43,000 that went to a person in the Cook County Jail, a state agency said Tuesday. Now they may face state or federal criminal fraud charges as well as having to repay what…
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50,000 New Jobs!! Seasonal… at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores said on Friday that it plans to give current workers the chance to work more hours and will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees as it gets ready for the winter holiday season, its busiest time of year. via Fox Business. [Insert cheap joke here.]
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Illinois Unemployment at 9.1%
Unemployment across Illinois rose to 9.1 percent in August, the third straight month of increases in the state, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday. … Unemployment in July was 8.9 percent. Increases in the unemployment rate in June, July and August followed nine months of slow but steady declines. The federal government said…
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Leno: Obama’s ‘Encouraging More Americans to Give Up Looking for Work’ to Bring Down Unemployment
Talking about how the unemployment rate only fell last month because of the number of people that dropped out of the labor force, Leno quipped that the President is “encouraging more Americans to give up looking for work so the numbers will come down a little bit” via NewsBusters.org. Ouch! Video at the link.
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Obama’s Unemployment Chart
Remember when we were promised that if we spent $2 billion of money we didn’t have all would be well? Let’s compare promised to actual: It’s also important to keep in mind that this chart does not reflect the millions of people who simply are no longer included in the workforce. As of August, only…
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The Unemployment Farce: Only 42% of People Working
Worst news ever!! The number of Americans whom the U.S. Department of Labor counted as “not in the civilian labor force” in August hit a record high of 88,921,000. … In July, there were 155,013,000 in the U.S. civilian labor force. In August that dropped to 154,645,000—meaning that on net 368,000 people simply dropped out…