Kaiser Permanente employees, joined by union members representing the workers, walk a picket line in Los Angeles on October 4, 2023. Frederick J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images While 2023 has become the year of mass workers’ strikes, the push to give picketing people unemployment benefits is also on …
Read More »Hispanic unemployment fell in September
The U.S. unemployment rate held steady in September but fell among Hispanic workers, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. September’s nonfarm payrolls report showed a solid month with higher numbers across the board. The economy added 336,000 jobs last month, beating the estimate of 170,000 among …
Read More »Live updates: Qantas to learn whether it illegally fired ground crew during COVID, new iPhone sinks Apple shares, Wall Street lowers oil price, ASX falls
Good morning and welcome Wednesday, September 13 and the ABC Markets and Business Blog. Starting from abroad, and an apple finally presented his long-awaited iPhone 15 for the night. But despite the fanfare, the announcement wasn’t enough to impress investors — the sendoff Apple shares fall 1.8% at the end, …
Read More »Breaking news: Qantas board under pressure over Joyce bonuses and ghost flights allegations, tech stocks await iPhone 15 release, ASX rises
Why is the iPhone so important, can it increase our dollar?? – David W Hi David, that’s a fair question – and it certainly seems like an unusual thing for the markets to get excited about, but let’s break it down (and spoiler alert, it probably won’t affect the dollar). …
Read More »Minnesota workforce participation inches past 68% – Brainerd Dispatch
BRAINERD — One month to the day on his new job, Matt Varilek, new commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, was on the other side of the screen for the DEED’s regular jobs update Thursday, July 20. In this case, the update highlighted the June workforce …
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