In the spring of 2015, Southern California Edison had employees training their replacements. The replacements were immigrants in the U.S. under the H-1B program that is supposed to be about importing skilled workers when employers cannot find skilled workers at home.[1] So my nephew Bob has been watching the presidential campaign. He knows that each… Read More Do Skill and School Deficits Explain Why We Don’t Have Enough Good Jobs?
JULY 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.9%*[Analyses] White 4.3% African American 8.4% Hispanic 5.4% Asian** 3.8% Persons with a disability** 11.1% Men 20 years and over 4.6% Women 20 years and over 4.3% Teens (16-19 years) 15.6% Black teens 25.7% Officially unemployed 7.8 million… Read More Unemployment Data – July 2016
JUNE 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.9%*[Analyses] White 4.4% African American 8.6% Hispanic 5.8% Asian** 3.5% Persons with a disability** 12.1% Men 20 years and over 4.5% Women 20 years and over 4.5% Teens (16-19 years) 16.0% Black teens 31.2% Officially unemployed 7.8 million… Read More Unemployment Data – June 2016
September 4, 2026 Unemployment data–August 2026 Charts Related to BLS News Releases Top ten charts 0f 2025 AEA STATE of WORKING AMERICA Data Library, Baker, CEPR 9/4/2026 “Unemployment Steady at 4.1%….The August jobs data came in somewhat stronger than… Read More Job-Related News
MAY 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.7%* White 4.1% African American 8.2% Hispanic 5.6% Asian** 4.1% Persons with a disability** 9.7% Men 20 years and over 4.3% Women 20 years and over 4.2% Teens (16-19 years) 16.0% Black teens 27.1% Officially unemployed 7.4 million… Read More Unemployment Data – May 2016
