tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126051922024-03-08T08:14:48.631-08:00Labor & Economic News - Institute for Research on Labor & Employment LibraryThe Institute for Research on Labor & Employment Library Labor and Economic News (RSS Feeds)IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comBlogger6730125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-82450445815338101042016-02-25T12:44:00.000-08:002016-02-25T12:44:04.315-08:00The America the Recovery Never Reached<div class="photo-spot-region region">
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As the most prosperous U.S. communities have
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IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-45289156473335192112016-02-23T10:05:00.002-08:002016-02-23T10:05:36.657-08:00When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage<div class="element1 thumb">
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Veronica Roscoe, who earns $7.75 an hour working at a Burger King
here, thought last August that she had won: This city had become the
first in the South to approve a local minimum wage.“It was, ‘Wow, victory,’ “ Ms. Roscoe, 55, said. “I was running around the job, acting a fool.” But that was before the Alabama Legislature met, and before a showdown between state lawmakers and city leaders about who should have the authority to set wage policy in BirminghamIRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-54919545160602930732016-02-23T10:04:00.000-08:002016-02-23T10:04:09.259-08:00U.S. Economy Still on the Rise, White House Report Finds<div class="columnGroup first">
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U.S. Economy Still on the Rise, White House Report Finds</a></h4>
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The Economic Report of the President highlighted growing wages, shrinking unemployment and higher consumer confidence.</div>
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IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-39642532791200050232016-02-23T09:53:00.003-08:002016-02-23T09:53:51.271-08:00Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind<h4>
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Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind</a></h4>
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The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote soon on a plan
that could add subsidies for broadband Internet services in low-income
homes.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-73430035099209600462016-02-23T09:52:00.003-08:002016-02-23T09:52:30.951-08:00How Society Pays for Women’s Unpaid Work<figure class="media photo">
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The unpaid work of women helps households and societies run smoother. But it also has a hidden, or not so hidden, cost.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-62874637930418271732016-01-29T11:51:00.000-08:002016-01-29T11:51:26.681-08:00Too poor to retire and too young to die: More of America's elderly are struggling to survive<h4 class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
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IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-18074288543288240722016-01-20T14:28:00.000-08:002016-01-20T14:31:15.782-08:00Improving Economic Security by Strengthening and Modernizing the Unemployment Insurance System. <div>
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<b><span class="st">Improving Economic Security by Strengthening and Modernizing the Unemployment Insurance System. </span></b><br />
<span class="st"> </span>In this week's address, the President spoke about the steps we need to
take to modernize our unemployment insurance system. Our country has
come a long way in the past seven years, with more than 14 million jobs
created, and the unemployment rate cut in half. But, as our economy
continues to change, there are still steps we need to take to ensure all
Americans have the security and opportunity they deserve. In his
address, the President laid out his plan to help more hardworking
Americans get unemployment insurance, find a new job, and have some
assurance that even if a new job pays less than their old one they will
have some help paying the bills. These ideas are part of the
President’s broader belief that everybody who works hard deserves their
fair shot and the chance to get ahead.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-61511344441237520102015-11-23T10:40:00.002-08:002015-11-23T10:40:46.302-08:00Electing to Ignore the Poorest of the Poor<h4>
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Electing to Ignore the Poorest of the Poor</a></h4>
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Selective government assistance programs have left behind the
persistently poor, an issue that has not been addressed in the
presidential election season.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-15594356724499866152015-11-23T10:39:00.002-08:002015-11-23T10:39:56.441-08:00Half of New Yorkers Say They Are Barely or Not Getting By, Poll Shows<h4>
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Half of New Yorkers Say They Are Barely or Not Getting By, Poll Shows</a></h4>
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The survey showed great differences in perceptions of the quality of
life in the city’s five boroughs, but it found that economic anxiety was
widespread.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-22609837040670027912015-11-23T10:38:00.002-08:002015-11-23T10:38:46.796-08:00Urban Charter Schools Often Succeed. Suburban Ones Often Don’t.<h4>
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Studies show the schools benefit poor, nonwhite students in cities, but
in suburbs they do no better than public schools, and sometimes worse.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-2722021624344368772015-11-23T10:36:00.001-08:002015-11-23T10:36:53.608-08:00Rosy jobs numbers blind us to the bleak reality of the 'real economy'<h4 class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
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When you see news that unemployment in California has dipped to 5.8%,
said Chris Hoene of the California Budget & Policy Center, it's not
as rosy as it sounds. "There are more and more sectors in which
people are being paid less than they were before … or they're having to
work several jobs," said Hoene.<br />
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IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-62330823991290107712015-11-23T10:01:00.004-08:002015-11-23T10:01:57.990-08:00For Artfully ‘Worn’ Jeans, Technology Replaces Labor<h4 class="post-title h-main2">
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Levi
Strauss & Co.now uses an awful lot of design and technology to
produce beat-up pants that command higher prices and margins. Technology
is not only replacing ever-more-expensive labor but ever-more-busy
consumers who don’t have the time to break in their jeans.IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-68454845432438082222015-11-23T10:01:00.001-08:002015-11-23T10:01:17.780-08:00Robots Take on More-Elaborate Tasks<h4>
<strong class="tag-strong" data-reactid=".0.1.0.4.$/=10.$2/=1$2.$0/=1$0.$3/=1$3.$/=10.$1/=1$1.$4/=1$4.2.6.$0.$1"><a data-reactid=".0.1.0.4.$/=10.$2/=1$2.$0/=1$0.$3/=1$3.$/=10.$1/=1$1.$4/=1$4.2.6.$0.$1.$1" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/robots-take-on-more-elaborate-tasks-amid-worker-shortage-1448291203?tesla=y" target=""><span data-reactid=".0.1.0.4.$/=10.$2/=1$2.$0/=1$0.$3/=1$3.$/=10.$1/=1$1.$4/=1$4.2.6.$0.$1.$1.0">Robots Take on More-Elaborate Tasks</span></a></strong></h4>
<strong class="tag-strong" data-reactid=".0.1.0.4.$/=10.$2/=1$2.$0/=1$0.$3/=1$3.$/=10.$1/=1$1.$4/=1$4.2.6.$0.$1"><span data-reactid=".0.1.0.4.$/=10.$2/=1$2.$0/=1$0.$3/=1$3.$/=10.$1/=1$1.$4/=1$4.2.6.$0.$1.$1.0"> </span></strong>In a former kitchen-cabinet workshop here, a dozen engineers are
creating robots to sew garments and rugs—tasks usually relegated to
low-wage workers in distant countries.IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-54605088172701151812015-11-23T09:55:00.005-08:002015-11-23T09:55:32.824-08:00The Argument for a 70% Pay Raise for Women <br />
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<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/11/18/the-argument-for-a-70-pay-raise-for-women/">The Argument for a 70% Pay Raise for Women</a></h4>
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<a class="post-thumb " href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/11/18/the-argument-for-a-70-pay-raise-for-women/">
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The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute finds a 71% “gender and inequality wage gap.IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-13153041093731596222015-11-23T09:49:00.003-08:002015-11-23T09:49:51.817-08:00Mobility Is More Important Than Ever, and Here’s Who’s Missing Out<h4 class="post-title h-main2">
<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/11/16/mobility-is-more-important-than-ever-and-heres-whos-missing-out/">Mobility Is More Important Than Ever, and Here’s Who’s Missing Out</a>
<a class="post-thumb " href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/11/16/mobility-is-more-important-than-ever-and-heres-whos-missing-out/">
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A
new report shows that residential mobility has been largely stable in
recent decades, but has declined for African-Americans, even as the link
between moving and economic mobility grows strongerIRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-17423521127360480682015-11-23T09:44:00.002-08:002015-11-23T09:44:12.407-08:00The Nationwide Nursing Shortage<h4>
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/why-is-the-u-s-perpetually-short-of-nurses" itemprop="name" title="The Nationwide Nursing Shortage"><span itemprop="headline">The Nationwide Nursing Shortage</span></a></h4>
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<span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/james-ledbetter" itemprop="url" rel="author" title="James Ledbetter"><span itemprop="name"></span></a></span></h3>
<div class="p-summary" itemprop="description">
Usually,
in a relatively free market, labor-supply shortages resolve themselves
over time. Why has this not been the case with nursing in the U.S.?
</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-79526419249655242962015-11-23T09:10:00.001-08:002015-11-23T09:10:08.098-08:00Working-Class Voters Hold Key to 2016<h4>
<a href="http://prospect.org/article/working-class-voters-hold-key-2016">Working-Class Voters Hold Key to 2016</a>
</h4>
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To win in 2016, candidates in both parties must capture working class voters of all stripes.</div>
</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-70225733352939256052015-11-23T09:08:00.003-08:002015-11-23T09:08:52.452-08:00Employer Political Coercion: A Growing Threat<h4>
<a href="http://prospect.org/article/employer-political-coercion-growing-threat">Employer Political Coercion: A Growing Threat</a>
</h4>
<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Since Citizens United, companies can legally require workers to participate in politics—and fire them if they refuse.</span></b>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-19470830638356628382015-11-23T09:04:00.001-08:002015-11-23T09:04:05.642-08:00<a class="article-link" data-omni-click="r'.',r' ',d,r'mostpop',$li,r'417189.'" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/black-college-student-body/417189/">
</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<figure class="lead-img"><a class="article-link" data-omni-click="r'.',r' ',d,r'mostpop',$li,r'417189.'" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/black-college-student-body/417189/">
<img class=" lazyloaded" src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/11/AP_764205800516-1/hero_wide_640.jpg?1448293111" data-src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/11/AP_764205800516-1/hero_wide_640.jpg?1448293111" />
</a></figure><h4>
<a class="article-link" data-omni-click="r'.',r' ',d,r'mostpop',$li,r'417189.'" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/black-college-student-body/417189/">
The Missing Black Students at Elite American Universities </a></h4>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Over the past 20 years, black enrollment in colleges and universities has skyrocketed.
It’s a huge success story, one that’s due to the hard work of black
families, college admissions officers, and education advocates. But at
top-tier universities in the United States, it’s a different story.
There, the share of students who are black has actually dropped since
1994.</span>
<br />
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-21679253778049760222015-11-23T08:59:00.004-08:002015-11-23T08:59:40.980-08:00The Accounting Rules That Bankrupt Cities<h4>
<a class="article-link" data-omni-click="r'.',r' ',d,r'mostpop',$li,r'417117.'" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/accrual-accounting/417117/"><h3 class="hed">
The Accounting Rules That Bankrupt Cities</h3>
</a></h4>
<a class="article-link" data-omni-click="r'.',r' ',d,r'mostpop',$li,r'417117.'" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/accrual-accounting/417117/">
</a>
<br />
<div class="article-content ">
<div class="excerpt">
In November 2014, a Michigan bankruptcy judge confirmed a
plan that allowed Detroit’s government to shed $7 billion in
liabilities, averting a total financial collapse. One year later,
however, many in Detroit are still dealing with the fallout of the
massive debt reorganization.</div>
</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-86533343731109950532015-11-19T10:36:00.002-08:002015-11-19T10:36:25.184-08:00America's poorest towns<h3 class="r">
<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEEQFjAFahUKEwiJwbaokJ3JAhUS8GMKHVaGAjw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2Fseries%2Famerica-poorest-towns&usg=AFQjCNFlJvkj-5qmphYwDwruktHQUjbQoA&sig2=O_354KCoc_fSib5pjJ7OTw">America's poorest towns</a></h3>
<div class="r">
n a series of four dispatches, Chris McGreal reports from four of the
poorest towns in the USA - in Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas and Arizona -
and meets those trying to do more than survive in places so remote from
the American Dream.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-25226766325554479432015-11-17T11:00:00.003-08:002015-11-17T11:00:50.324-08:00We Live Longer. That’s Great, Except for Social Security.<h4 class="story-heading">
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/upshot/were-living-longer-thats-great-except-for-social-security.html">We Live Longer. That’s Great, Except for Social Security</a></h4>
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<time class="timestamp" data-eastern-timestamp="1:42 PM" data-utc-timestamp="1447785740" datetime="2015-11-17"></time></div>
<div class="summary">
Despite the political challenges, fixing Social Security is rather simple: Take more money in, send less money out, or both.</div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-77499723716782247302015-11-17T10:57:00.001-08:002015-11-17T10:57:25.393-08:00Why the LAFD is still largely white and male despite diversity efforts<h4 class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
<a class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle_a" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/la-me-lafd-hiring-update-20151117-story.html#navtype=outfit">Why the LAFD is still largely white and male despite diversity efforts</a></h4>
<div class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's overhaul of how the city hires new firefighters - launched 16 months ago
amid allegations of nepotism and bias - has so far failed to meet his
aim of diversifying the LAFD and may require further reforms to succeed,
according to interviews with city officials and a Times analysis of
government data.<span class="trb_outfits_metabuckets"><span class="trb_outfits_metabuckets_1"></span></span></div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-20278424756882375102015-11-17T10:56:00.001-08:002015-11-17T10:56:16.931-08:00An LAPD employee program costs the city millions, and there isn't a reliable way to track it<h4 class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
<a class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle_a" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-lapd-audit-20151117-story.html#navtype=outfit">An LAPD employee program costs the city millions, and there isn't a reliable way to track it</a></h4>
<div class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
The Los Angeles Police Department
has no reliable way to track employees on extended injury leave, a
program that pays officers 100% of salary, tax-free, for up to a year
and costs the city tens of millions of dollars annually.<span class="trb_outfits_metabuckets"><span class="trb_outfits_metabuckets_1"></span></span></div>
IRLE's Labor, Work, Economics News Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140345268634031988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12605192.post-23193563237061099812015-11-17T10:55:00.000-08:002015-11-17T10:55:21.568-08:00CalPERS may lower investment expectations, costing taxpayers billions<h4 class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
<a class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle_a" href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-calpers-investment-rate-20151118-story.html#navtype=outfit">CalPERS may lower investment expectations, costing taxpayers billions</a></h4>
<div class="trb_outfit_relatedListTitle">
Experts have warned for years that the state's largest public pension
plan has overestimated how much its investments will earn, leaving
taxpayers to pay billions of dollars more than expected.<br /> <span class="trb_outfits_metabuckets"><span class="trb_outfits_metabuckets_1"></span></span></div>
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