President Obama Delivers Remarks on 50th Anniversary of March on Washington
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50 years after March on Washington, economic gap between blacks, whites persists
Watch the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech LIVE Wednesday 11:30 a.m. ET From WashingtonPost: When President Obama takes the stage at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington, he will symbolize a big part of the complicated story of the nation’s…
Extended Unemployment Benefits Didn’t Keep Unemployed From Taking Jobs
From HuffPo: Extended unemployment benefits Congress put in place at the outset of the Great Recession didn’t discourage people from taking jobs, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Princeton University economics professor Henry Farber and San Francisco Fed economist Rob Valletta found that extended…
Unhappy Anniversary: Republicans Have Blocked The American Jobs Act For One Year
From ThinkProgress: On September 8, 2011, President Obama laid out a series of policy proposals known collectively as the American Jobs Act. The plan included stimulus spending in the form of immediate infrastructure investments, tax credits for working Americans and employers to encourage consumer spending and job growth, and efforts…
Wisconsin missing out on U.S. jobs gains
From JS: Wisconsin desperately needs new jobs. Alone among the 50 states, it has lost private-sector jobs for six straight months, raising the political and economic stakes of the next jobs report, due Thursday for the month of January. Even feeble job creation would bring a sense of relief to…
Can labor organize the unemployed?
From The Institute for Southern Studies: Department of Labor figures for December showed 13.1 million unemployed and actively looking for work, almost half of them for more than six months. Another 8.1 million were working part-time involuntarily, and 2.5 million were too discouraged to look for work. … Jobs with…
Take Back the Capitol, Thousands to Protest in D.C.
From Colorlines: housands of unemployed workers and activists from around the country will begin to “Take Back the Capitol.” The protesters will spend today setting up an encampment on Capital Hill and K Street in Washington, DC. Organizers say they want to remind members of Congress that they work for…
Out of Work, and Trying to Stay Positive
From NYT: She had to miss her father’s funeral in Jamaica last year because she could not afford to go. Fresh fruits and vegetables are now a luxury. She keeps her hair short, cutting it herself to avoid the expense. Her only new clothing in more than two years has…