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News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | yesterday
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced a competition for approximately $20 million in funding to build the skills and employment options for workers either already or at risk of becoming dislocated. State workforce agencies will compete to design demonstration projects targeting these workers. Full release
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of
Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced a
competition for approximately $20 million in funding to build the skills
and employment options for workers either already or at risk of becoming
dislocated. State workforce agencies will compete to design demonstration
projects targeting these workers.
...
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Rum, Romanism and Rebellion (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tim Bee is bringing Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to Tucson for a fundraiser on Tuesday. It would be so easy for me to go after Chao for being an anti-worker Secretary of Labor: whether it comes to being dismissive of organized labor, undermining worker safety or hunting down whistleblowers. Having Chao in charge of the Department of [...]
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
As international leaders debate the causes of the current food crisis, families around the world are still struggling to put food on the table. New data released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Labor indicate that prices for food eaten in American homes increased by 1.5 percent in April alone, a change more than seven [...]
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The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Colorado businesses added 10,100 nonfarm wage and salary jobs in April, a slightly greater increase than usual for the month, the state Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.
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The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Missouri's unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in April, down from 5.7 percent in March, but up from the 4.7 percent rate in April 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
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The Wichita Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kansas businesses have added close to 9,500 jobs in the past year, according to data released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor. All metropolitan areas and six of 11 major industry sectors added jobs during the year.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rhode Island's unemployment rate continues in the doldrums. The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training says the unemployment rate in April was 6.1 percent.
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael Shedlock submits: The BLS has released the April Consumer Price Index [CPI] . Let's take a look. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The April level of 214.823 (1982-84=100) was 3.9 percent higher than in April...
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The Business Review of Albany (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The state Department of Labor reported the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area gained 1,300 nonfarm jobs in the past year, an increase of 0.3 percent. The number of private sector jobs rose by 400, or 0.1 percent during the same period.
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The Business First of Buffalo (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The state Department of Labor reported Thursday the Buffalo metropolitan area gained a total of 4,200 jobs in the past year, including 1,700 in the private sector.
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The Memphis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
There were 16 mass layoff events that resulted in 3,289 Tennessee workers losing their jobs for at least 31 days during the first quarter of 2008, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
In the first three months of 2008 in Missouri, there were 19 mass layoff events that resulted in the separation of 3,371 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Atlanta Business Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Georgia's unemployment rate fell 0.2 percent to 5 percent in April, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday.
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The Philadelphia Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
New Jersey's nonfarm employment grew by 1,000 jobs last month to 4,072,700, according to preliminary estimates released by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Wednesday, and its unemployment rate increased from 4.8 percent to 5 percent.
