Uninspiring April BLS Report May Include ‘Phantom Jobs’
From the April Bureau of Labor Statistics report, throw out everything except this: wages increased 0.1 percent. A three-cents-an-hour wage increase for... Read More
Immigration: Supply & Demand and Rampant Greed
There is an expression that it makes no sense to bring sand to the beach. In other words, you don’t look to... Read More
Here Comes Sawyer; There Goes Your Job!
Senator Jeff Sessions’ April 9 Washington Post op-ed provides a useful immigration history summary, and an update on the dire employment picture... Read More
Bureau of Labor Statistics: For Unemployed Americans, a Miserable March
The last few days have been a double-barreled sock in the gut for unemployed Americans. First, on April 3, the Bureau of... Read More
Retail Stores Close, Fewer Options for American Workers, Administration Indifferent
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly reports invariably reflect retail employment gains, one variable that contributes to the myth that the economy... Read More
Gas Prices Drop, Unemployment Rises Among Oilfield Workers
While motorists were enjoying the steep drop in gas prices, workers in the oil industry grew more apprehensive with each penny’s decline... Read More
Economic Policy Institute Demands Labor Secretary Investigate SoCal Edison H-1B Scandal
The Economic Policy Institute has joined outraged Americans in the quest for justice on behalf of the laid-off Southern California Edison (SCE)... Read More
H-4 Visa Holders Approved for Employment; More American Job Displacement
The Obama administration has delivered another setback to the more than 90 million Americans not attached to the workforce. On February 24,... Read More
Open Borders Is Neither Moral Nor Practical
“Open borders” is the agenda of many mass immigration promoters. The idea is that anyone from abroad who wants to cross our... Read More
Southern California Edison Brazenly Fires 400 American Workers, Replaces them with Overseas Labor
News that Southern California Edison (SCE) fired 400 American IT workers and replaced them with foreign-born H-1B visa holders is remarkable only... Read More