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National Employment Law Project

Type: Organization

Name: National Employment Law Project

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Labor

State to finally replace ancient jobless-claims computer

In good news for the jobless and employers alike, the state's 1970s-era computer that processes unemployment claims is finally getting replaced.The new system is coming this fall, five years after the computer almost ground to a halt.The $63 million network ... [Published Orlando Sentinel - May 21 2013]

Entities: Unemployment, US Department of Labor, Sequester, National Employment Law Project

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mark Zandi

Cuts in aid a regional drag

It was a setback, said Smith, a 45-year-old Philadelphian who has been out of work since November. My granddaughter, she said Nanna, youve got your wallet. And I said, Yeah, theres nothing in it. Federally funded benefits paid to the long-term unemployed ... [Published Journal-Gazette - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mark Zandi, Consumer Spending, Unemployment Insurance

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Would Obama’s Minimum Wage Support a Middle Class?

As many Americans know, the public services and layers of infrastructure that contribute to their quality of life — from federally built and maintained highways to the hot lunches provided to school-age children — are the results of federal tax dollars. ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 19 2013]

Entities: Minimum Wage, Workers, Barack Obama

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Federal Reserve System

Obama: It’s Time Main Street Gets a Recovery

“It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class.”President Obama made this sentiment a core component of his 2013 State of the Union Address, and he has echoed it across the ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 18 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Inequality, Federal Reserve System, Ellicott, National Employment Law Project

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

McDonald's Corporation

Study Shows Government Hires More Low-Wage Workers Than Wal-Mart, McDonalds

Problem may be government acting too much like big businessNew York, New York (United States) (OFFICIAL WIRE) May 17, 2013According to new research numbers, federal taxpayers now employ more low-wage workers than Wal-Mart and McDonald’s combined.The report ... [Published OfficialWire - May 17 2013]

Entities: McDonald's Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Workers

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

JFK workers want more money

Low-wage workers at Kennedy Airport are fighting to earn a living wage. Airport security guard Tasleema Mohamed, who is a single mom, said she's struggling to make ends meet with the $10.71 an hour she earns. "It's so hard," said Mohamed, who has no health ... [Published New York Daily News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Airline, Ports, National Employment Law Project

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Proposed bill would allow for some to expunge criminal records

LANSING, MI (WNEM) -A bill passed Thursday by the Michigan House Criminal Justice committee would allow for the erasure of certain criminal convictions.The bill was sponsored by State Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes, D-Saginaw. That bill, H.B. 4186, would make ... [Published WNEM - May 17 2013]

Entities: Criminal, Conviction, National Employment Law Project, Rick Snyder

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

California's jobless hotline hours slashed

SACRAMENTO Want help from the state getting unemployment benefits? Don't call after noon.Because of federal budget cuts, the California Employment Development Department has told its call center workers not to answer its benefits hotline after lunch. ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Call Center, Workers, National Employment Law Project

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

EDD cuts back phone help to the jobless

The California Employment Development Department said Thursday that it will no longer staff its unemployment insurance call centers in the afternoons beginning Monday as a result of federal funding shortfalls."Starting May 20, EDD personnel will take ... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sequestration, Unemployment, National Employment Law Project, Auditor's Report

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Workers serving fast-food walk out for more pay

A recent wave of strikes by fast-food employees in four cities spread to Milwaukee on Wednesday as demands for higher pay shake up an industry previously insulated from worker unrest. Front-line, limited-service restaurant workers, including fast-food ... [Published Tennessean - May 16 2013]

Entities: Workers, Milwaukee, Burger King Holdings Inc

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 5 reports

Who’s a Better Employer: the Government or Wal-Mart?

“We find that nearly two million private sector employees working on behalf of America earn wages too low to support a family, making $12 or less per hour. This is more than the number of low-wage workers at Walmart and McDonald’s combined.”At the very ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 15 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, National Employment Law Project, Minimum Wage, Workers

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

How Our Tax Dollars Are Fueling Inequality

My name is Roxanne Mimms and I work for a food service contractor at the National Zoo. I work full time but make barely minimum wage. I’m here because workers can’t live off what contractors pay us. I’m here because I don’t want my two children to ... [Published TAPPED - May 09 2013]

Entities: Inequality, Workers, Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Quotes

"Until last week, I had no idea this was coming," said Gail Dalmat, a laid-off special-education teacher hit by the cut. "And I'd be very surprised if very many [others] knew it was coming either."

State to finally replace ancient jobless-claims computer [Published Orlando Sentinel - May 21 2013]

"It's a real travesty to limit the hours people can call" says Maurice Emsellem of the National Employment Law Project

EDD cuts back phone help to the jobless [Published San Francisco Chronicle - May 17 2013]

"Now is not the time to remove the human element from the program," he said, "and that is what they are doing by cutting back the hours."

California's jobless hotline hours slashed [Published Los Angeles Times - May 17 2013]

...it could be better if we were provided with the wages and benefits that allow us to raise a family," airport worker Tasleema MohamedMohamed said. "I know that we are not directly hired by the airlines but, because they hire the contractors that employ us, they actually have a lot of power in how we are treated. The Port Authority should solve this problem by requiring all contractors at the airport to provide decent wages, affordable health care and paid sick leave."

Elected Officials, Workers, Residents, Clergy Call for Better Pay For Workers and Community Input ... [Published Staten Island Live - May 17 2013]

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Proposed bill would allow for some to expunge c... [Published WNEM - May 17 2013]
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California's jobless hotline hours slashed [Published Los Angeles Times - May 17 2013]
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Workers serving fast-food walk out for more pay [Published Tennessean - May 16 2013]
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Mother Working at Wal-Mart on Mother’s Day [Published JD Journal - May 14 2013]
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Wal-Mart v. the Feds: Who's the Low-Wage Job King? [Published CNBC - May 13 2013]
Mother Working at Wal-Mart on Mother’s Day [Published JD Journal.com - May 13 2013]
Who has most low-wage jobs? The feds [Published Journal-Gazette - May 13 2013]
Capitalism and the crisis facing young people [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 13 2013]

Blogs

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Is Ben Bernanke’s Bazooka Brigade Running Out o... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013] The Federal Reserve will meet to debate policy on June 18 and 19 under the full scrutiny of U.S. market participants. Analysts and investors won’t receive the minutes from the meeting for three weeks — the standard lag time — but observers have a good ...
Is Ben Bernanke’s Bazooka Brigade Running Out o... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013] The Federal Reserve will meet to debate policy on June 18 and 19 under the full scrutiny of U.S. market participants. Analysts and investors won’t receive the minutes from the meeting for three weeks — the standard lag time — but observers have a ...
Would Obama’s Minimum Wage Support a Middle Class? [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 19 2013] As many Americans know, the public services and layers of infrastructure that contribute to their quality of life — from federally built and maintained highways to the hot lunches provided to school-age children — are the results of federal tax dollars. ...
Obama: It’s Time Main Street Gets a Recovery [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 18 2013] “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class.”President Obama made this sentiment a core component of his 2013 State of the Union Address, and he has echoed it across the ...
Obama: It’s Time Main Street Gets a Recovery [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 18 2013] “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class.” President Obama made this sentiment a core component of his 2013 State of the Union Address, and he has echoed it across ...

Press Releases

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