unemployment

Real Reform Could Spur Job Growth

Bill Knight — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:08:49 +0000

Superficial reforms are failing, I reckon.

U.S. employers in March hired at the slowest rate since last June, adding just 88,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls, with steep job cuts in retail and government sectors, including 12,000 at the U.S. Postal Service, according to the U.S. Labor Department’s monthly report released April 5.

Economists had forecast the month’s gain to be about 190,000.

A Third of IL Residents in or very Near Poverty

Scott Stuntz — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:11:11 +0000

A third of Illinois residents live in, or a very near poverty levels. That’s the finding of a new report which also shows some of the counties with the highest poverty rates are in Western Illinois.

Unemployment Up in Lee County

Jason Parrott — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:50:14 +0000

The latest numbers from Iowa Workforce Development show why many in Lee County support the construction of a new fertilizer plant near Wever.

Big Business Not Hiring Despite Profits

Bill Knight — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:50:12 +0000

The country’s unemployment crisis is because workers no longer have marketable skills prospective employers want, according to corporate-cozy politicians who repeat Big Business’s excuse for not hiring, despite record corporate profits.

Such a justification is another “blame-the-victim” attack rather than helping jobless Americans.