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Sequester brings cuts to North Chattanooga Head Start program
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Several Latino mothers say their children were shy and did not speak before enrolling in the North Chattanooga Head Start/Early Head Start program. Now their children hold conversations in English and Spanish, know their ABC's and have become more...Tags: U.S. Congress, Schools, ABC (tv network), Head Start, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Investments could bring jobs back to Dalton
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The weather-aged facades of Dalton, Ga.'s shuttered carpet mills soon may receive a fresh coat of paint as the flooring industry prepares to shake off its housing hangover and get the good times rolling. Industrialists are investing hundreds of millions...Tags: Mohawk Industries Incorporated, House Building, Energy Resources, Industrial Production, Plant Openings
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State Rep. Garland Pierce and minority state lawmakers demand audience with North Carolina governor
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Minority state lawmakers led by state Rep. Garland Pierce of Wagram demand an audience with the governor today to complain that the raft of Republican policy coming from Raleigh will hurt the state. "We told the governor's office ... that we were going,...Tags: Voting, Government, Politics, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. jobless claims fall to lowest level in almost 5-1/2 years
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest level in nearly 5-1/2 years last week, signaling labor market resilience in the face of fiscal austerity. Initial claims for state...Tags: Unemployment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Unemployment Rate
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. jobless claims fall to lowest level in almost 5-1/2 years
Reuters* Weekly jobless claims fall 4,000 * Claims lowest in nearly 5-1/2 years * Four-week average of claims lowest since 2007 * Data suggests strengthening labor market conditions By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The number of Americans...Tags: Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Money and Monetary Policy
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. jobless claims data hints at strengthening labor market
Reuters* Weekly jobless claims fall 4,000 * Claims lowest in nearly 5-1/2 years * Four-week average of claims lowest since 2007 * Data suggests strengthening labor market conditions By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The number of Americans...Tags: TJX Companies Incorporated, Victoria's Secret, Labor Markets, S&P 500, Employment Opportunities
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Any federal job openings after sequestration?
Joyce Lain Kennedy - Careers NowDEAR JOYCE: Are federal jobs still a good place to look for employment? Or has the sequester dried up the federal job market? -- J.M. I can see how headlines describing such sequestration cutbacks as the shrinking of work weeks for flight controllers,...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
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Contractualization hurts workers and the whole labor sector
The Manila Times, PhilippinesOn April 3, 2012, garments factory worker Ernani Ajero, 34, had no inkling whatsoever that it would be his last day at work. Ajero, together with other 1,500 regular workers of the company, was laid off instantly after a meeting with the management,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Philippines, Collective Contract, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities
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SCWorks to remain open despite staffing reductions
The Union Daily Times, S.C.The SCWorks Center in Union will remain open even though nearly two-thirds of its staff positions are being eliminated due to the reorganization and consolidation of employment services by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce. In February,...Tags: Unions, Business, Insurance, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities
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Panel postpones probe into LePage labor meeting
Portland Press Herald, MaineThe Legislature's Government Oversight Committee delayed action Friday on ordering an investigation into allegations that Gov. Paul LePage pressured unemployment hearing officers to make decisions more favorable to employers. The panel voted unanimously...Tags: Labor Legislation, Government, Politics, Employment Opportunities, Accounting and Auditing
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N.D. oil boom felt in Minnesota
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe Bakken oil field boom isn't just a North Dakota phenomenon. "Places even hundreds of miles away appear to benefit from the wave of oil activity," says a new study from researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. In average weekly wages...Tags: Federal Reserve, Technology, Unemployment, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Geological Survey
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