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United States Department of Labor

#1- The Secret Life of a Latin Maid (muchacha): what do they talk about when they get together. Do they talk about you, her employer?…
Recently released Census data reveal that, in 2015, the poverty rate dropped significantly for most demographic groups. One of the only groups who didn’t see…
There are two types of businesses in America today: those that pay their workers a living wage—the real economy—and those that don’t—the parasite economy. And all of us who…
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting report on the jobs created since the recession. The article takes a close look at employment and wage data to…
Interview with Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of CardHub, on their latest study examining the accelerating increase in credit card debt levels, why he thinks this is…
5.1. The official unemployment rate is 5.1 percent, or 8 million people, according to the US Department of Labor.  However, this widely reported “official” number…
A conference sponsored by the United States State Department began on Aug. 24 in Libreville, Gabon to further promote trade between Wall Street and Africa.…
This was supposed to be a better year for teenagers to land summer jobs, and July has always been the peak month for such positions.…
This summer, only about one in four US teenagers will hold a job, down from one in two fifteen years ago. The decline in employment…
The March unemployment rate remained the same, yet once again the BLS survey showed another huge increase in those not considered part of the labor…