tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post8590869865555410112..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Once Benefits End, so do Chances of Finding a JobBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-19641834848330236632013-12-29T13:01:08.056-08:002013-12-29T13:01:08.056-08:00UPDATE ////////////////////
Safeway just shutter...UPDATE ////////////////////<br /><br /><br />Safeway just shuttered a whopping 72 grocery stores resulting in 6,000 jobs lost. The full article with an AWESOME VIDEO YouTube video is here at the Economic Populist.<br /><br />http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/safeway-skewered-throwing-6000-workers-under-bus-video-parody-5483<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-55174828982719491722013-12-29T07:38:49.327-08:002013-12-29T07:38:49.327-08:00And of those who ARE still employed, 50% of them e...And of those who ARE still employed, 50% of them earn $27,520 a year or LESS.<br /><br />SSA<br />http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2012<br /><br />About 7 million of these work part-time, but would prefer full-time work.<br /><br />BLS<br />http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t08.htm<br /><br />About 7 million are "multiple job holders" trying to make ends meets.<br /><br />BLS<br />http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t16.htm<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-60986178497886326702013-12-29T07:30:17.701-08:002013-12-29T07:30:17.701-08:00Anonymous has left a new comment on your post &quo...Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Once Benefits End, so do Chances of Finding a Job": <br /><br />The Daily Beast: Getting a Job at Walmart Is Harder than Getting into Harvard<br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/19/getting-a-job-at-walmart-is-harder-than-getting-into-harvard.html<br /><br />USA Today: 4 in 5 in USA face near-poverty, no work<br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/28/americans-poverty-no-work/2594203/<br /><br />CBS News: 80 percent of U.S. adults face near-poverty, unemployment, survey finds<br /><br />http://www.cbsnews.com/news/80-percent-of-us-adults-face-near-poverty-unemployment-survey-finds/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-41851822300375453902013-12-29T07:03:53.925-08:002013-12-29T07:03:53.925-08:00According to Ezra Klein at the Washington Post, Ra...According to Ezra Klein at the Washington Post, Rand Ghayad (a scholar for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) says the callback rate for the long-term unemployed [those over 6 months] was just 1 to 3 percent. For the newly unemployed [those less than 6 months] it was 9 to 16 percent. <br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/23/rand-paul-has-some-festivus-grievances-with-washington-the-unemployed-have-some-with-him/<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com