10 surprises about tomorrow's job market
As the nation struggles to crawl out of recession, here are 10 things you may want to know as part of an unofficial guide to tomorrow’s job market:
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Jobs report indicates slow recovery
The biggest and most obvious answer has to do with debt. Recoveries after a financial crisis, when a nation is struggling with high debt burdens
The Christian Science Monitor (http://s.tt/1xZmy)
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Read MoreControl log exports to manage local economies
Politicians, industrialists and environmentalists seeking to bolster timber revenues and jobs by increasing logging are ignoring the elephant in the room: log exports.
Read MoreAmericans are overworked and underpaid – 12 charts to offend the working class
Mother Jones has compiled a list of charts derived from sources like the US Commerce Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau indicate that while the US GDP has grown along with the income of the top 1% working conditions for the labor that produce these gains have worsened since 1970. American workers are working harder and with fewer benefits but household income has not kept pace with the economy. If it had the average household income would be $92,000 rather than $50,000.
Read MoreReason we don’t have jobs is we are shipping raw material to Asia
Drive the Columbia River from Longview into Portland, and you can see big log ships lined up. At least 500 timber jobs leave the Northwest weekly as boatload after boatload of raw logs are exported to Asian mills.
Read MoreBuilding a clean energy economy to fuel local jobs
This is great and kind of funny because I have been joking for a long time with friends that we need a cross between Greenpeace and the Teamsters Union right here in Coos County. What these groups are acknowledging is that single focus groups can bring their issues together toward a broader concept, even one as drastic as re-envisioning how the economy works.
Read MoreReal 22.5% unemployment rate rivals the Great Depression
nvestor’s Business Daily and TIPP recently completed a survey of around 3000 Americans to determine the real unemployment rate in the U.S. without including any of the hedges or dodges that have been added to the official statistical methods of U.S. Department of Labor by both Republican and Democratic administrations so as to hide the truth from the American public about our more and more abject social conditions.
Read MorePoverty and unemployment unrelated to ‘business friendly’ status
Recently, local business owner and self professed “numbers guy” Al Pettit presented Coos County poverty and unemployment figures. He says the local Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Team is trying to educate lawmakers about “good business practices” and how to make Oregon more business friendly to improve these statistics.
Read MorePort gives Southport Lumber sweetheart terms in land purchase
Southport Lumber originally moved to its North Spit location to take advantage of enterprise zone property tax exemptions. According to October 2009 Port minutes the intended use for the thirty-three acres is to establish a whole log chipping facility and is projected to add twelve local jobs.
Read MoreORC cheerleader, The World, prints fact flawed letter
these are the same people who pushed for the $51 million 12″ pipeline fiasco and the 2,900 jobs it would bring. There was the $30 million and change to expand the airport to serve the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and all the jobs ‘enhanced’ air service would bring, as well. Consider the source…
Read MoreGlobal Public Debt Clock – watch it and weep
The Economist has prepared an interactive “debt clock”. The redder the country the more in debt it is and it is interesting to note the similarities between those countries most deeply in debt and members of the G8 and G20 summits.
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