Leisure and hospitality saw gains in jobs in April, however, the overall jobs performance in the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “Employment Situation” didn’t live up to pre-report expectations.
“Pre-report expectations were for the economy to add about a million jobs in April as the pandemic recovery was gaining real momentum,” said John Anderson, economist with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. “The report showed actual job gains of only about a quarter that amount: 266,000.”
Leisure and hospitality saw gains in jobs in April. (Image by Dreamstime)
Economic recovery must include women, minorities
The McDonough County Voice
March is Women’s History Month, a good time to remind each other that, historically, women have been paid less than their male counterparts.
Considering such injustice for our mothers, daughters, wives and sisters, one wonders how employers justify ignoring the sensible maxim “We all do better when we ALL do better.”
The divisive “trickle-down” economic theory promoted by Republicans as helping regular workers by enriching their employers hasn’t worked, in good times or bad.
And these are bad times.
Especially for women and minorities.
Most recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation report last month said 379,000 jobs were created in February, keeping the unemployment rate at 6.2 percent. That might be positive in good times, but the nation’s jobs are down about 9.5 million from a year ago, and adding the actual numbers of how many people filing for, or already recei
Columnist Bill Knight: Economic recovery must include women, minorities
Star Courier
March is Women’s History Month, a good time to remind each other that, historically, women have been paid less than their male counterparts.
Considering such injustice for our mothers, daughters, wives and sisters, one wonders how employers justify ignoring the sensible maxim “We all do better when we ALL do better.”
The divisive “trickle-down” economic theory promoted by Republicans as helping regular workers by enriching their employers hasn’t worked, in good times or bad.
And these are bad times.
Especially for women and minorities.
Most recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation report last month said 379,000 jobs were created in February, keeping the unemployment rate at 6.2 percent. That might be positive in good times, but the nation’s jobs are down about 9.5 million from a year ago, and adding the actual numbers of how many people filing for, or al
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