Stewart Alexander declares for 2010 gubanatorial race

Stewart Alexander, the 2008 presidential nominee of the Socialist Party, ... to bring automobile manufacturing back to California building electric cars. Must recently, Alexander introduced a plan that would create good paying jobs in the building and construction industry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 03:34:11

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Unemployment survey: the results

The unemployed are deeply frustrated at the bureaucracy and incompetence of the Government’s Job Centre network, ... /Financial Services: 11% Customer services/call centres: 1% Construction: 8 4% Energy industry ... months, don't bother applying for jobs.” “Wages are coming down, and there are too many eastern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:15:40

CONTRACTOR PAID BRIBES TO DO STREET UTILITY LINE WORK FOR CON EDISON…was it Felix Industries?

from the NEW YORK TIMES:January 15, 200911 Con Ed Supervisors Arrested on Kickbacks By KEN BELSONEleven Con Edison supervisors were arrested Wednesday on charges that they demanded more than $1 million in kickbacks from a construction company on several jobs, including work in and around ground zero and in the cleanup that followed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:22:52

Sector or Industry Total Jobs (thousands) Change from 12 months ago Change 12 Months%

Total private 113,623.0 -2,136.0 -1.845% Total nonfarm 136,167.0 -1,870.0 -1.355% Goods-producing 20,920.0 -1,129.0 -5.120% Private service-providing 92,703.0 -1,007.0 -1.075% Service-providing 115,247.0 -741.0 -0.639% Trade, transportation, and utilities 25,977.0 -716.0 -2.682% Manufacturing 13,168.0 -626.0 -4.538% Construction 6,952 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 13:35:57

More Parliamentary snapshots for 19 Jan 2009

No more GST profiteering Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister of Trade and Industry, told Parliament on Monday that in the last eight months, ... in an economic downturn, because many of them take on jobs that Singaporeans may not want to do or are unable to fill, like in construction and marine. ‘Foreign workers also help to keep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:47:35

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