By Pete Carlson To realize its full potential, a growing regional economy needs a system that can deliver the right workers with the right skills to the right place at the right time. Although that kind of skills development system
By Michael Berwick Last Thursday, the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education released Low Wage Work in California: 2014 Chartbook, its most recent study of earnings in California. Among the chief findings: the gap continues to grow between the low
Trailblazers like Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper and designer Betsey Johnson all started their careers with internships. At Eagle’s Landing High School (ELHS), students have the opportunity to participate in internships, part-time
By Annie Waldman and Sisi Wei A ProPublica analysis of newly available federal data shows that some of the nation’s wealthiest colleges are leaving their poorest students with plenty of debt. New York University is among the country’s wealthiest schools. Backed by its
By Tyler Durden With all eyes glued to Friday’s payrolls report, we thought it worth reiterating some ‘facts’ about US employment data. As ECRI notes, the sustained decline in the official jobless rate – now approaching the Fed’s estimate of “full employment” –
By ELIZABETH DWOSKIN Before a robot takes your job, you’re likely to be working with one side-by-side. That’s the takeaway from a new report by Forrester Research, Inc. The report wades into a heady and long-running debate over whether, how, and
By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org More Americans than ever don’t know what they’ll be earning next week. That’s why we need income insurance. As Labor Day looms, more Americans than ever don’t know how much they’ll be earning next week or even tomorrow. This
Facebook temporarily banned users from posting reports by an immigration watchdog analyzing federal statistics that show immigrants in general, and illegal immigrants specifically, are taking a big share of new jobs that come open in America, according to the group
