Joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old black men has reached Great Depression proportions – 34.5 percent in October, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure is more than three times the rate of unemployment for the general U.S. population!!! Young black women have an unemployment rate of 26.5 percent, significantly higher than the 15.4 percent rate for [...]
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Joblessness Among Young Blacks Insanely High
Posted in Jobs, Racisms, tagged Economy, joblessness, race on 11/24/2009 | 3 Comments »
Number Of Uninsured In The U.S. On The Rise
Posted in Economy, Health, Homelessness, Jobs, The End of the World, tagged poverty, ugh, USA! on 09/10/2009 | 2 Comments »
The Census Bureau released its annual report today, offering yet another sobering glimpse into the effect of the recession on American households during 2008. According to the findings, in the first full year of the recession, the number of Americans without health insurace rose to 46.3 million, or 15.4 percent, driven primarily by a decline [...]
Low-Wage Workers Often Cheated By Employers
Posted in Education, Jobs, tagged Economy, Jobs, poverty, prejudices, racism, sexism, studies, wages on 09/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A comprehensive new study found low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage. The study surveyed 4,387 workers (39% illegal immigrants, 31% legal immigrants, and 30% native-born Americans) in various low-wage industries, including apparel manufacturing, child care and discount retailing.
False Hope?
Posted in Economy, Jobs, tagged recession, recovery, USA!, whoops on 08/13/2009 | Leave a Comment »
How can economists say the recession is over , when foreclosures rose again in July, job loss claims are up after weeks of decline, and retail sales take yet another dip?
Almost There…
Posted in Jobs, Ladies, Lawmaking, Politicking, tagged law, politics, progress, Sonia Sotomayor, the supreme court, women on 07/28/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 in favor of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The full Senate is expected to vote on the nomination next week. [Washington Independent]
Today’s Headlines: FEMA Trailers Make Homelessness Seem … Not So Bad
Posted in Economy, Homelessness, Jobs, Lawmaking, Military, Terrorisms, tagged Economy, FEMA, hate crimes, Jobs, laws, Military, Obama Administration, Terrorisms, The Fed, unemployment, War on 07/24/2009 | Leave a Comment »
• Years of state and federal neglect have hobbled the nation’s unemployment system, leaving millions of needy people (roughly 40% of claimants) waiting for months for their checks. The number of jobless Americans seeking aid has doubled during the recession, while state funds have depleted, resulting in 16 states borrowing billions to pay out claims [...]
Male Unemployment, Irritability and Depression Are A Woman’s Problem, So Deal With It Bitch, Before I Smack You Again
Posted in Health, Jobs, Ladies, tagged bad advice, dumb things, Economy, Health, how to keep a man, ignorant media, marriage, sexism, women on 07/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Roughly 74 percent of the 6 million or so jobs lost in this recession have been men’s, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a statistic which has resulted in the uptick of another one: relationship problems (and subsequent divorces). This because earning a living is still centrally tied to male self-esteem, since Tarzan still [...]
Unemployment Rates For Blacks In New York City Have Risen Exponentially During The Recession Because Black People Don’t Have Jobs Anyway So What’s The Difference?
Posted in Jobs, Racisms, The End of the World, tagged New York City, unemployment on 07/13/2009 | 1 Comment »
BARACK OBAMA TO BE ONLY BLACK MAN IN UNITED STATES WITH A JOB, AND HE’S ‘MIXED‘: Here: “While unemployment rose steadily for white New Yorkers from the first quarter of 2008 through the first three months of this year, the number of unemployed blacks in the city rose four times as fast, according to a [...]
Fleecing the Unemployed
Posted in Economy, Jobs, Uncategorized, tagged bad ideas, unemployment on 03/15/2009 | Leave a Comment »
We thought it impressive, in a “hey, the government’s like, almost catching up to technology” sort of way, when we read that 30 states were offering debit cards as an alternative to checks to their unemployed citizens. People can get the debit card immediately, instead of waiting 10 broke days for a check, and can [...]
Unemployment Rate Hits 8.1 Percent
Posted in Jobs, tagged unemployment on 03/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
HIGHEST SINCE 1983: “Construction companies eliminated 104,000 jobs. Factories axed 168,000. Retailers cut nearly 40,000. Professional and business services got rid of 180,000, with 78,000 jobs lost at temporary-help agencies. Financial companies reduced payrolls by 44,000. Leisure and hospitality firms chopped 33,000 positions.” Oh yeah, well . . . crap. [MSNBC]
George W. Bush Offered Greeter Position At Dallas Area Hardware Store
Posted in Jobs, Politicking, tagged George W. Bush on 02/24/2009 | 1 Comment »
Fearing he couldn’t work the cash register, Elliott’s Hardware of Dallas Forth-Worth has offered former President George W. Bush the chance to stand at the front of their store and wave at the folks as they hunker in for screws and such. He can do that one plenty good, we figure. Right? Elliott’s even went [...]
