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Workplace fatalities down in 2009

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The BLS's annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2009 indicated there were 4,340 fatal injuries during the year, far fewer than the number recorded in 2008 (5,214). The decline is largely due to the job losses and the industries in which those losses were sustained during the year. The summary report is here.

July unemployment

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While the unemployment rate remained at 9.5%, total non-farm employment declined by 131,000 in July. The 71,000 new private sector jobs were more than off-set by the federal government ending 143,000 temporary census jobs. Details from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Economy up - unemployment, Dow down

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the July jobs report today. Private sector employment increased by 154,000 jobs, but that gain was partially offset by continuing loss of public sector jobs. Unemployment declined marginally to 9.1%. Dow drops 500, worst day since 2008 financial crisis.

Unemployment rises in June

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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports a slight uptick in unemployment 9.1 to 9.2%.

Jobs report shows little growth

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has issued its May jobs/unemployment report. Little has changed from April. Unemployment 9.1%, 54,000 jobs created.

BLS April employment report

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released its April employment report. Private sector job creation equaled the revised total figure for March (230,000). The public sector total was 66, 000 spurred in part by the addition of temporary census jobs. The 290,000+ number is the best since March of 2006. The revision of February figures from -14,00 to +39,000 makes march the 4th straight month of job gains and the 5th out of the last 6. Despite this, unemployment rose to 9.9% (from 9.7) for the first three months of the year. The growth in unemployment is attributable to reentrants to the workforce.

Go figure . . .

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New Orleans has the lowest jobless rate (6.5%) of any major metropolitan area in the country, according to an otherwise bleak Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report released yesterday. The unemployment rate was higher than it was in February 2009 in 347

of the 372 metropolitan areas, and lower in only 21 areas.

Jobs created in March

in BLS, Economy, job growth, unemployment

Although the unemployment rate remained at 9.7%, the economy gained 162,000 jobs.

9.7% and steady

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the nations unemployment rate remained steady at 9.7%.

February unemployment drops to 8.9%

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly employment report notes joblessness declined to 8.9% in February, with a net job creation of 192,000 jobs despite heavy cuts in state and local government employment due to state budget shortfalls. The WaPo story is here.

Net job loss caused by public sector decline

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Government sector employment declined by 159,000 last month while private sector jobs increased by 64,000 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate remained at 9.6%.

Unemployment falls to 9.7%

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Unemployment dropped from 10 % to 9.7% according to figures released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bad news, almost all of the decline is attributable to the removal of 378,000 persons for the category "unemployed due to job loss" into the category "Permanent job losers."

Unemployment drops to 9%

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An unexpectedly large drop in unemployment (9.4% to 9%) occurred in January, but only 36,000 jobs were created. Full report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is here.

Union membership declines in 2010

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides a yearly statistical summary on union membership. Last week's release of the 2010 report confirmed conventional wisdom by showing union membership declining from 12.3% of the wage and salary workers to 11.9%. Union density also fell in the private sector to 6.9% (as compared to 36.2% in the public sector. The estimated number of workers belonging to unions declined 612,000 to 14.3 million. Union membership rates declined over the year in 33 states and the District of Columbia and rose in 17 states. Union membership declined in Louisiana and Mississippi, but increased in Texas.

Union membership declined in 2009

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Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual Union Members Summary. It is a treasure trove of data. After two years of increasing union membership among wage and salary workers, union membership declined from 12.4% to 12.3%. In raw numbers the number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions declined by 771,000 to 15.3 million. Killer fact, there are more public sector union members (7.9 million) than private sector union members (7.4 million) despite 5 times more wage and salary jobs in the private sector. Public sector union membership rate is 37.4% private sector rate is 7.2%.

BLS reports December unemployment remains at 10%

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released December unemployment figures this morning. The economy shed 85,000 non-farm jobs. The total number of unemployed persons was 5.3 million, nearly twice the 7.7 million unemployed in December of 2007. An eye-popping 6.1 million Americans have been unemployed more than 27 months.

Jobs and more jobs

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According to a report released by Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a private payroll servicing firm, December private sector jobs creation topped a whopping 300,000. There are skeptics. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) official report will issue Friday.

Unemployment BTE

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The August unemployment situation (9.6%) is little changed from the previous month (9.5%), but the expectations game was for the figures to be worse. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August unemployment report today. It shows a net loss of 54,000 jobs, the loss resulting from the discontinuation of 114,000 temporary census jobs which offset stronger than expected private sector increases (67,000).

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Workplace fatalities down in 2009

July unemployment

Economy up - unemployment, Dow down

Unemployment rises in June

Jobs report shows little growth

BLS April employment report

Go figure . . .

Jobs created in March

9.7% and steady

February unemployment drops to 8.9%

Net job loss caused by public sector decline

Unemployment falls to 9.7%

Unemployment drops to 9%

Union membership declines in 2010

Union membership declined in 2009

BLS reports December unemployment remains at 10%

Jobs and more jobs

Unemployment BTE

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