By PHILIP HARVEY What is the difference between job guarantee and infrastructure investment? And to what extent would infrastructure investment and a J.G. program serve the aims of the other? The goals of a job guarantee (J.G.) and the infrastructure spending legislation like the American Jobs Plan (AJP) proposed by the Biden Administration or the bipartisan… Read More Infrastructure Investment vs. Job Guarantee
August 2021 Unemployment Data–the Full Count The BLS estimates that official unemployment this month may be understated by up to 0.3%, reflecting measurement problems. (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.2%*[ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 4.5% African American 8.8% Hispanic 6.4% Asian¹ 4.6% Persons with a disability¹ … Read More Unemployment Data–AUGUST 2021
A 2021 “Good Jobs for All” Virtual Town Hall By SARIANNA SABBARESE In a profoundly unjust and unequal society, people with the fewest resources are taxed for their poverty—both in economic and social terms. The notion that individual accountability determines one’s lot in life obscures how an individual’s social and economic position is often restricted while it is preserved… Read More Raising Consciousness About Employment Justice
“UBUNTU: George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents,” by Sheila Collins, Ohio University Press, 2020. The most important people in the world are often those who work quietly in the background of events, devoting their skill, commitment, and lives to the causes they believe in. They receive no acclaim, but without them,… Read More The Struggle for Peace and Freedom
By FRANK STRICKER The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, published Aug. 6, was on the whole positive. But Blacks and people with disabilities continue to be hit by persistently high unemployment, and true unemployment remains higher than the official government statistics indicate. In July, 943,000 nonfarm jobs were added, and the June… Read More The July Jobs Report: Not Enough Good News
