News
CSM | How earnings for unionized public employees compare with private sector
In the fight for balanced budgets vs. benefits for public employees, what's fair and what's politics?
Time | Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck
The drop in wages occurs in part because unemployment rose so sharply and widely after the crisis and has remained higher for longer than in past recessions. Both factors have led to a disconnect between labor supply and demand that makes it tough for workers to negotiate better deals.
WSJ | Strides by Women, Still a Wage Gap
Women are gaining ground educationally and economically, but men still make more money on average and women are more likely to live in poverty, according to a White House report expected to be released Tuesday.
Time | Paper Trail
With physical newspapers making their way to an ever shrinking number of customers, paperboys (and girls) have become an endangered species.
WSJ | German Job Market Improves Further
Germany's labor market improved sharply in February and unemployment declined by much more than expected, owing to the country's solid economic upswing.
National Journal | Union Protests Spread Across the U.S.
Amendments to block labor unions from engaging in collective bargaining with the government over salaries and benefits for public workers are sparking protests.
Politico | Report: House budget plan could kill 700K jobs
Republicans’ efforts to cut billions of dollars from the federal budget between now and October could cost the country as many as 700,000 jobs by the end of next year, a nonpartisan economic analysis released Monday found.
Blogs
CSM: The New Economy | Election no quick cure for Ireland's ills: more debt, fewer jobs
Ireland's new leaders have few options in reversing the downward spiral of debt and joblessness.
