May BLS Report: Uninspiring Job Stats Conflict with White House Amnesty Agenda to Add Millions of New Workers
Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistic’s ho-hum report showed that 217,000 jobs were added in May. Unemployment remained unchanged at 6.3 percent. Although... Read More
Replacing Laborers with Robots
Fast food workers are demanding higher wages for the hard work they do. Some call for an increase of their pay rate,... Read More
H4 Update: More Likely to Work in Mainstream Jobs than in High Tech
In a recent blog post, I wrote about the Obama administration’s proposed new rule to grant work permits to H4 visa holders... Read More
Boehner, Back in Ohio, Wonders Where Jobs Went
On April 26 during his weekly national Republican Address, House Speaker John Boehner kept on doing what he does best – insulting... Read More
Another Major Company Leaves California
In what looks like a page out of Nissan’s playbook, another automaker, Toyota, is picking up stakes in the South Bay, part... Read More
For Those who Don’t Mind Earning Peanuts, Job Market is on the Mend
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its April jobs report. Employers added 288,000 jobs in April, more than the 218,000 economists... Read More
Advice to Politicians: No Guts No Glory
My dad used to tell me that we cannot fool young children and dogs. I would suggest that over the long haul,... Read More
March BLS Report Shows Improvement, Payroll to Population Ratio Still Weak
On the surface, the March 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics report is a step in the right direction. On Friday, BLS announced... Read More
Economic Policy Institute: Full Employment ‘Alarmingly Far Off’
When Congress reconvened on March 24, the comprehensive immigration reform wrangle resumed, almost by rote. Americans who favor enforcement-first nervously await the... Read More
Lack of Enforcement, Lure of Amnesty Help Spike Unaccompanied Minors’ Crossings
President Obama recently ordered Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to investigate methods by which deportations, the few that actually occur,... Read More