This says the Great Recession is pushing more women out of the workforce. Bryce Covert writes at The Nation:
Why would a recession drive women out of the labor force so much more strongly than men? Because when the labor market looks shoddy, the Kansas City Fed paper says, “nonmarket [...]
…if I didn’t listen to Susan Forbes Hansen on WHUS, on her “Sunday Night Folk Festival.” But if you missed her Sunday night, not to worry: You can hear her on WWUH today!
And, once again: Happy National Nurses Week!
Occupy Wall Street is live-blogging them here.
Mother Jones is keeping up , too.
Noam Chomsky writes, at Reader Supported News:
People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That’s because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning. For example, Ronald Reagan designated what he called [...]
Go longer, and you lose productivity.
In solidarity, I shall take a vacation at my desk today, and visit the vending machines, and wander around the block. I suggest you do the same.
Come to the fourth annual Heroes-4-Hire career fair for veterans at 11 a.m. tomorrow, April 27, at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.
Along with veterans, other notables who plan to attend include Department of Labor assistant secretary for veterans and employment and training Junior Ortiz, and Kevin Schmiegel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce vice [...]
Then you’re part of the Great Speedup, writes Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery at Mother Jones. They say:
Webster’s defines speedup as “an employer’s demand for accelerated output without increased pay,” and it used to be a household word. Bosses would speed up the line to fill [...]
An Australian insurance company offers a maternity bonus, in addition three months’ paid maternity leave.
You can read more here. You can read more about Insurance Australia Group here.
…then you are an awesome budgeter. The United States has the highest share of low-paying jobs of any Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development country. From the report:
…in 2009, about one-fourth of U.S. workers were in low-wage jobs, defined as earning less than two-thirds of the national median [...]
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