By Trudy Goldberg One of a handful of New Deal programs that had progressive racial policies, the National Youth Administration and its leaders deserve a Black History Month salute.[1]  By contrast, African Americans were treated unfairly in otherwise admired New Deal agencies such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Civil Works Administration. For their leadership… Read More Celebrating Black History Month: The National Youth Administration

The National Jobs For All Network mourns the death last October of our Board member, Barbara Cooper, a Tennessee state representative for the Memphis area.  At 93, Rep. Cooper was the oldest state representative in the United States. Rep. Cooper was the host and lead organizer of the NJFAN-sponsored Memphis Jobs for All Town Hall Meeting that brought together a diverse group of community… Read More Remembering Tennessee Representative Barbara Cooper

by Philip Harvey We  have good news to report regarding a new and improved version of HR1000, the proposed federal Jobs for All Act!  We expect a new version of the bill to be reintroduced in Congress this spring. The bill is still undergoing revisions, but we believe its main feature will remain unchanged— direct government… Read More New Version of The Jobs for All Act (HR1000) to be Reintroduced in Congress

By FRANK STRICKER Feburary 18, 2023 In the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation for January, the official unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percent to 3.4%. If we had no hidden unemployment, this would be a very positive number. And even with uncounted joblessness, it is a very low rate. The… Read More The Goods, the Bads and The Questionables: U.S. Jobs in January, 2023