Jobs
Data show biz claimed to add net of 381K new jobs
July 11, 2022On the downside, wage growth showed signs of slowing.
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Firms claim to create 333K new jobs in May as jobless rate stays at 3.6 percent
June 6, 2022The “bounce back remains very strong, strikingly stronger—four years faster than the recovery from the Great Recession."
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‘Severance’: Alienation and its discontents
May 13, 2022It’s only a job, not something that affects one’s actual self-worth or shapes their entire lives. Or is it?
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Jobless rate steady at 3.6%; Firms claimed to create 406K jobs
May 9, 2022Private firms are at the same job levels they were at before the pandemic.
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Amazon Bessemer warehouse reflects danger on the job nationwide
April 27, 2022As Workers’ Memorial Day approaches, AFL-CIO’s annual Death on the Job report documents similar dangerous conditions nationwide.
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