FRB Richmond: Job Search Behavior: Lessons from Online Job Search
Economic Brief - April 2013 Job Search Behavior: Lessons from Online Job Search While there is a large body of theoretical work about the job search process, there is relatively little empirical...
View ArticleLateWire: Unemployment Aid Applications Jump To 385,000
April 04, 2013 Unemployment Aid Applications Jump To 385,000 It was the third straight weekly increase and the highest level since late November… continue FROM: LateWire Technorati Tags:...
View ArticleLateWire: CAT Laying Off More Than 400 In Illinois
CAT Laying Off More Than 400 In Illinois Caterpillar says it plans to lay off more than 460 employees this June at its plant in Decatur… continue FROM: LateWire Technorati Tags: CAT,lay...
View ArticleToday in Manufacturing: Judge Deals Blow To High-Tech Workers’ Lawsuit
April 8, 2013 Judge Deals Blow To High-Tech Workers’ Lawsuit The lawsuit is trying to hold the companies accountable for an alleged scheme that cheated employees by artificially suppressing the...
View ArticleUnions praise governor’s bonding proposal during Working Families Day on the...
8 April 2013 ST. PAUL – Union members organized by the AFL-CIO participated in a Working Families Day on the Hill Monday at the state Capitol and urged lawmakers to adopt Governor Mark Dayton’s jobs...
View ArticleToday in Manufacturing: Oshkosh To Lay Off 900 This Summer
Oshkosh To Lay Off 900 This Summer The company says it will begin laying off 700 hourly employees in mid-June, with 200 salaried employees to be laid off by the end of July … continue FROM: Today...
View ArticleStar Tribune workers rally today for fair contract
9 April 2013 MINNEAPOLIS – Members of the Minnesota Newspaper Guild Typographical Union will rally outside the Star Tribune today at 4 pm. to support their bargaining committee as it seeks to win a...
View ArticleCrystal Sugar lockout ends with contract ratification
14 April 2013 GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The 20-month-long lockout at American Crystal Sugar has ended with workers ratifying the contract offer previously proposed by management. Fifty-five percent of the...
View ArticleToday in Manufacturing – Feature: GE’s Response To Full Employment
April 15, 2013 Feature: GE’s Response To Full Employment Without a ready inventory of workers to support a competitive manufacturing base, America’s future will always be vulnerable to outside...
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For minimum-wage earners in Minnesota, ‘a constant juggling act’ By Michael...
By Michael Moore 11 April 2013 ST. PAUL – The state legislator spending a week on minimum wage met Thursday with three Minnesotans for whom the minimum-wage challenge is an everyday reality. Four...
View ArticlePay equity’s success remains fragile, underappreciated [Minnesota]
23 April 2013 SOUTH ST. PAUL – Despite its achievements, pay equity didn’t accomplish everything supporters expected. The state does not require pay equity for outside contractors, for example, the...
View ArticleDuluth nurses ratify new contract [MNA]
18 April 2013 DULUTH – Duluth nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association have voted to ratify a three-year contract with St. Luke’s Hospital that would raise wages 4.5 percent. The...
View ArticleKansas City Fed: Economic Review: The dynamics of U.S. middle-skill job loss
April 23, 2013 The following information is now available on the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s website: ——————- The pace of U.S. "job polarization," in which employment has shifted from...
View ArticleBureau of Labor Statistics: Regional and State Unemployment Rates, March 2013
Regional and State Unemployment Rates, March 2013 Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in March. Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases, 7...
View ArticleUnions denounce corporate ad campaign against Dayton plan [Minnesota]
28 April 2013 ST. PAUL – MAPE, the , and AFSCME Council 5 denounced the corporate-backed “United for Jobs” initiative as a misleading and deceptive paid advertising campaign. The ads target Governor...
View ArticleCommentary: Home care and child care workers deserve collective bargaining
By Eliot Seide and Jamie Gulley 28 April 2013 ST. PAUL – After years of attacks and attempts to weaken workers’ rights, this year could be a major win for labor in Minnesota. Right now bills in both...
View ArticleGood Jobs First – Study: Study Debunks State Business Climate Rankings
May 1, 2013 Indexes Get Interrogated Study: State "Business Climate" Rankings Based on Flawed Data, Have No Policy Value Washington, DC–Prominent studies that purport to measure and rank the states’...
View ArticleUnions urge state Senate to raise minimum wage [Minnesota]
6 May 2013 ST. PAUL – With a vote expected in the state Senate Wednesday, the Minnesota AFL-CIO and its affiliates are urging union members to call Senators and tell them to back a House measure that...
View ArticleHappy ending for [Minnesota] cafeteria workers who lost jobs
12 May 2013 FRIDLEY – In mid-April, UNITE HERE Local 17 appealed to supporters for immediate phone calls and e-mails to help save the jobs of four longtime cafeteria workers at the BAE plant in...
View ArticleImmigration proposal would bring undocumented workers under labor law...
12 May 2013 By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON – A close reading of the draft comprehensive immigration reform bill, which the Senate Judiciary Committee began to work on starting on May 9, discloses...
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