by Jennifer Perez In 2021, the National Jobs for All Network hosted the New Haven Good Jobs for All Virtual Town Hall. Following the Town Hall meeting, a group of individuals began monthly virtual meetings in hopes of making connections with community leaders and legislators to create the Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force.… Read More NJFAN Leads Effort to Enact Full Employment Trust Fund in Connecticut
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
January 2023 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.4%*[ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.1% African American 5.4% Hispanic 4.5% Asian¹ 2.8% Persons with a disability¹ 7.1% Men 20 years and over 3.2% Women 20 years and over 3.1% Teens (16-19 years) 10.3% Black… Read More Unemployment Data–JANUARY 2023
