E-Verify, Tight Labor Markets, Wage Increases: That’s Good News
The unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8%, the lowest since 2000, and the black unemployment rate fell to 5.9%, the lowest rate... Read More
A View of 2017 through Jobs
“Fake news” became a standard line in 2017, and it’s not surprising when looking at how news is reported now. It’s certainly... Read More
November Bureau of Labor Statistics Report Encouraging, but Automation Advancing
Robots prepare pizzas quicker than humans. The November Bureau of Labor Statistics report exceeded expectations, and offered hope that the economy is... Read More
American Workers Brace for Inevitable Job Displacement by Robots
Coming soon to a café near you, a robot barista. The September Bureau of Labor Statistics report that showed the economy lost... Read More
House Approves Self-Driving Auto Bill, Millions of American Jobs at Risk
Automation Should End Green Card Amnesties. In Congress, obsessed with health care reform and two competing amnesties—the Succeed Act and the DREAM... Read More
Two Janitors’ Stories Show How High Immigration Leads to American Worker Displacement, and Creates Income Inequality
Apple’s richest okay with their immigrant employees earning $16.60 hourly without benefits. A fascinating New York Times story inadvertently underlined how high... Read More
On Labor Day: Remembering Samuel Gompers Warning; ‘Lowest Possible Wage Workers’ will Overwhelm American Job Market
Defender of American Workers, Gompers’ Memorial in D.C. Almost a century ago, Samuel Gompers, a London-born immigrant and the American Federation of... Read More
Trump Gives Big Boost to RAISE Act—Promotes Lower Immigration Levels, Ends DV, Reduces Refugee Resettlement Totals
In a rousing speech reminiscent of his campaign, President Trump speaking in Youngstown, Ohio, endorsed Senators Tom Cotton and David Purdue’s RAISE... Read More