Wage Growth, Job Growth And The Ongoing Unemployment Puzzle (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

It has been a long road back for the American job market. And although there are some bright spots – job openings are at a record high – there are plenty of workers eager for better opportunities, or even any opportunity. We’ll dig into the numbers, to understand what employers, and job seekers, are seeing. What it means to cobble together part-time gigs. Where the best opportunities are. And we’ll also look at new pushes across the country for a higher minimum wage. This hour, On Point, a big look at the labor market. /Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/09/15/bls-wage-growth-jolts-unemployment

An International Embarrassment

Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor about child poverty and youth unemployment in America.
http://youtu.be/wk0-eKo5rIk

Unemployed Young Adults Are Three Times More Likely To Struggle With Depression

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Parasites

Scott Walker: We Don't Have A Jobs Problem, We Have A Work Problem

"...Moocher alert! Wisconsites, your governor wants you to know jobs aren't the problem, it's you lazy, mooching, minimum wage grubbers that have the problem. And you know, it's all just a matter of you looking for a better job. Skills? Meh. Just connect the dots, little moochers, and it will all be good...
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Economy Added 248,000 Jobs In September; Unemployment Fell To 5.9 Percent

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Paul Krugman on What's Behind John Boehner's Stunning Ignorance About the Unemployed

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1 in 5 unemployed workers can't find jobs

Among laid-off Americans who say they've found a new job, 46% said it came with a pay cut and 44% reported a drop in status.

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Extending Unemployment Benefits During The Recession Prevented 1.4 Million Foreclosures

The research shows that unemployment benefits help people avoid default, rather than lulling them away from the job hunt.The ... Read more

States That Raised Their Minimum Wages Are Experiencing Faster Job Growth

The states where minimum wages increased at the beginning of the year are outpacing all the others in employment.The post ... Read more

More Generous Unemployment Benefits Lead To Lower Suicide Rates

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Witness Wednesday Protests Launched In Washington To Highlight Tragedy of Longterm Unemployed

Three million American lives fall apart and not a single Republican lifts a finger to help.

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Was Congress Right to Cut Off Long Term Unemployment Benefits?

"Alan Krueger has a response for people, including top officials at the Federal Reserve, who question his research showing the long-term unemployed have been pushed to the fringes of the job market: More research.

"Using a survey of households conducted by the Census Bureau between May 2008 and July 2013, the Princeton University professor finds only 22% of the people who entered long-term joblessness during the 2008 recession had gotten steady, full-time jobs by the first half of 2013. Mr. Krueger finds 35% dropped out of the labor force during that period, 28% had jobs that either weren't steady or weren't full-time and 14% were still looking for jobs unsuccessfully."*

In this clip from The Young Turks, Ben Mankiewicz and John Iadarola break down the data on the long term unemployed and decide whether critics of expanding unemployment benefits were right.

http://youtu.be/Fw5FbglHr18

No, Taking Away Unemployment Benefits Doesn’t Make People Get Jobs

Illinois is a case study: two months after losing long-term unemployment benefits, most were still out of work.The post No, ... Read more