Also: Unemployment as Policy: Federal Layoffs, AI, and Corporate Understaffing By Frank Stricker April 10, 2026 The jobs report for March was a mixed bag. The unemployment rate fell another tenth of a percentage point to 4.3%. And in almost every sub-category it fell a little too. NJFAN’s hidden unemployment rate did not see… Read More The Jobs Numbers for March 2026
March 2026 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.3%* [ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.6% African American 7.1% Hispanic 4.8% Asian¹ 3.7% Persons with a disability¹ 7.7% Men 20 years and over 3.8% Women 20 years and over 4.0% Teens (16-19… Read More Unemployment Data-MARCH 2026
What will the future look like? Who gets to decide? We’re living through extremely difficult and uncertain times. The issues we now face are the predictable culmination of unrestricted neoliberalism, imperialism, corporate greed and impunity, the steady erosion of investment in public welfare, and the entrenchment of power and privilege along class lines: one set… Read More LIBERATING THE FUTURE: 3-25 Virtual Panel and Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Jobs, Peace, and The Way Forward!
February 2026 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.4%* [ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.7% African American 7.7% Hispanic 5.2% Asian¹ 4.8% Persons with a disability¹ 8.0% Men 20 years and over 4.0% Women 20 years and over 4.1% Teens (16-19… Read More Unemployment Data-FEBRUARY 2026
February 12, 2026 News Release from the office of Sen. Cory Booker WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) reintroduced the bicameral Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, legislation that would establish a model federal jobs guarantee program in up to 15 high-unemployment communities and regions across the United States. Thanks… Read More Booker, Watson Coleman Reintroduce Legislation to Establish a Pilot for a Federal Jobs Guarantee Program
