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The Trump Administration had a lot of trouble getting the illegal inflow under control, basically because of sabotage by Leftist judges. But it eventually succeeded, Now that achievement, too, is being reversed.
The Biden elect-a-new-people Rush is being enabled at a particularly bad time for American workers, not that Democrats care about them anymore. The American economy produced little relief in Joe Biden’s inaugural month. Employer payrolls, which had been expected to grow by 105,000 in January, rose by just 49,000.
The national unemployment rate did decline unexpectedly in January, but the drop primarily reflects a reduction in the Labor Force Participation Rate [LPR]. The civilian labor force people working or looking for work fell by 400,000 last month.
Återhämtning på USA:s jobbmarknad hd.se - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hd.se Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Labour unions are back in the spotlight in the US and for all the right reasons. There are implications for organised workers’ movements everywhere, as well as for the call to rebalance the deepening divide between labour and capital.
The resurgence goes beyond the obvious signals from America’s new administration. President Joe Biden has conspicuously placed a bust of the Latino labour activist Cesar Chavez in his office. This week, Marty Walsh, the former construction union leader he nominated for labour secretary, faces US Senate questioning on his suitability for office. And Janet Yellen, Mr Biden’s Treasury Secretary, has already told the Senate at her confirmation hearing that she wants to help American workers. Meanwhile, Mr Biden is pushing plans to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, something that last happened in America in 2009. (It went from a measly $6.55 an hour to an unspectacular $7.25.)
Carl Johan von Seth: Janet Yellen kommer att staka ut kursen för världsekonomin dn.se - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dn.se Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.