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National Jobs for All Network Education and Action: Good Jobs for All & Economic Justice

NJFAN

Good Jobs for All and Economic Justice

Solutions

The Solution is Government Job Creation: The Unemployed Get Work and Wages and Everyone Gains Needed Services, Infrastructure, and a Greener Environment.

NJFAC Proposals for Decent Jobs for All

Other Proposals

Jobs Legislation

Full Employment History

 

The Full Count
February 2026

Officially unemployed: 7.6 million (4.4%)
Hidden unemployment: 10.4 million

Total: 18.0 million (10.2% of the labor force)

[There are 2.8 job-wanters* for each available job.]

RSS NJFAN Blog – Recent Posts

  • Booker, Watson Coleman Reintroduce Legislation to Establish a Pilot for a Federal Jobs Guarantee Program February 27, 2026
  • A Little Better Now—But What about the Future?   The January 2026 Jobs Report February 27, 2026
  • Keeping Alive the Dream (2020) February 18, 2026
  • Recent Posts and Publications February 14, 2026
  • Celebrating Black History Month 2026: Honoring Coretta Scott King February 14, 2026
  • A Work-Based Policy Package That Would Dramatically Reduce Poverty February 14, 2026
  • Don’t Stand Alone: Black Labor Organizing in New Orleans February 14, 2026
  • The Case for Good Jobs—for All of Us February 14, 2026
  • Unemployment Data-JANUARY 2026 February 11, 2026

RSS Good Jobs News

  • [NJFAC] More than 2.1 billion of world’s 3.6 billion workers are in the informal economy, according to ILO March 5, 2026
  • [NJFAC] Why Your Boss Can Block Your Unemployment Benefits February 20, 2026
  • [NJFAC] pace of US wealth concentration February 17, 2026
  • [NJFAC] NJFAN member letter on Jesse Jackson's death. February 17, 2026
  • [NJFAC] China's realistic poverty determination vs. that of US February 9, 2026

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