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

By FRANK STRICKER January 16, 2023 On January 6, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued its report on jobs and unemployment for December of last year. Some parts of that report were surprisingly strong, given that the Federal Reserve has been working for months to push unemployment up and weaken demand for labor. Pretty… Read More The December Jobs Report: A Mixed Bag