Can the new Congress create enough jobs? Record corporate profits. The illusion of higher productivity. Marginal job growth in the private sector. Boomers languishing in unemployment longer than they ever imaged. Millions running out of the essential safety net of jobless benefits. Millions more not even counted among the 9.4 percent unemployed. Who will step up to create new jobs?Midmorning, January 19, 2011
St. Louis County snowplow driver stage job action Some three-fourths of the St. Louis County
snowplow drivers in the Virginia district didn't respond to an
emergency call-out on Saturday morning.January 16, 2011
More people applied for jobless aid last week The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of people
seeking benefits jumped by 35,000 to a seasonally adjusted 445,000
for the week ending Jan. 8. It was the highest level since late
October.January 13, 2011
Supreme Court: Medical residents considered employees The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, in a case involving the Mayo Clinic, that medical
residents should be considered employees when it comes to collecting Social Security taxes.January 11, 2011
Jimmy John's employees could get second shot at unionization Workers at ten area Jimmy John's restaurants could get another shot at deciding if they want a union under a settlement brokered by the National Labor Relations Board.January 11, 2011
Fed boss: it will take years for jobs to come back Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells
Congress there's increasing evidence that a "self-sustaining"
economic recovery is taking hold, but he says the Fed's $600
billion Treasury bond-buying program is still needed because it
will take years for unemployment to drop to more normal levels.January 7, 2011
103K new jobs in Dec. point to slow, steady growth The nation's economy added 103,000 jobs in
December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent last
month, its lowest level in 19 months.January 7, 2011
New year, new job? The unemployment figures remain grim, but some analysts are predicting that job growth will finally pick up in 2011. Two career counselors share their views on the creativity job seekers will need in a tight job market.Midmorning, January 7, 2011
More people applied for unemployment aid last week More people applied for unemployment benefits
last week, one week after applications fell to their lowest level
in more than two years.January 6, 2011
US unemployment benefit applications drop sharply The number of people applying for unemployment
benefits fell to its lowest point in nearly two and a half years, a
sign that the job market is slowly improving.December 30, 2010
Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas Many American companies are hiring - just maybe not in your
town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the
pipeline of orders is fat.December 28, 2010
What do the French know that we don't? Sneer if you will, but France's new, higher retirement age is lower than most Americans can dream about.December 21, 2010
Minn. unemployment rate holds at 7.1 percent Minnesota' unemployment rate held steady at
7.1 percent in November, remaining nearly 3 percentage points lower than the national rate.December 16, 2010