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Don't Iron While the Strike is Hot!
 Irish immigrant Kate Mullaney was the original Norma Rae, both a great woman and a true role model for women in organized labor.
She formed the first women's union in the United States and was the first woman appointed to a national union office. Labor Day is a good time to remember how far we've come since Kate Mullaney's strike and organizing efforts raised wages to 14 dollars a week! ...Read Full Post | Back to School Job Searching
 Even if you weren't able to find a summer job, you may be able to find one for the tail end of summer that lasts into fall, or longer.
Or, if your summer job is finishing up and you're looking for an after school job for the fall, you're laid off and looking for a way to help pay the bills, or you're a mom looking for a part-time job for when the kids are in school, this is a good time to job search. ...Read Full Post | Where the Jobs Aren't
The unemployment report is out for August and there isn't good news. The unemployment rate was 9.6% in August, with non-farm payroll employment losing 54,000 jobs and government jobs down 114,000 for a net gain of 67,000 jobs. ...Read Full Post | Labor Day Holiday Pay
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is the holiday that celebrates the accomplishments of American workers, but there are many who have to work on on Labor Day.
Despite the occasion, not everyone is entitled to be paid for the holiday, to receive vacation pay if you take the day off, or to be paid overtime if you work extra hours this holiday weekend. ...Read Full Post | Employers Behaving Badly
 One of the common themes in the thousands of unemployment stories and stories about what they don't like about employers that job seekers have shared with us is employers behaving badly.
...Read Full Post | How Do You Feel About Your Job?
With Labor Day right around the corner, it's a good time to look at how workers feel about their jobs and their job security.
SnagAJob.com, the leading part-time and hourly job site, just released a Labor Happiness Survey which reports that 61% of workers were feeling happy at work.
That said, workers are still worried about keeping their job and about having to job search, if need be. Even though 40% of the survey respondents felt their job was secure, 9% listed fear of losing their job as their No. 1 long-term concern.
On the good news front, even 34% had to job search because of a lay-off, 31% of those who changed jobs found a new job by choice. Even though that's obviously not the majority it is an indicator that you can successfully job search despite the difficult job market.
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Unemployment Extension Legislation News: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has introduced the Americans Want to Work Act. This legislation would create an additional tier (Tier 5) of unemployment benefits for those (known as the 99ers) who have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits.
Current Status of Unemployment Extended Benefits: Legislation that provides an extension of federal extended unemployment benefits through November was been signed by the President in July. The extension restored unemployment benefits to the 2.3 million unemployed Americans who had run out of basic unemployment benefits.
Qualifying for Extended Unemployment Benefits: Check with your State Unemployment Office web site for details on who qualifies and when and how benefits will be paid.
The extended benefits are retroactive, but do include the $25 extra payment or the COBRA subsidy. The legislation also does not include a Tier 5 unemployment extension that would provide additional weeks of unemployment for the 99ers - the unemployed workers who have exhausted all unemployment benefits.
Important: If you have run out of unemployment or are about to lose your unemployment benefits, here's what to do when unemployment runs out.
Read Full Post Unemployment Extension originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 06:00:22. Permalink | Comment | Email this | Tier 5 Unemployment
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has introduced the Americans Want to Work Act. This legislation would create an additional tier (Tier 5) of unemployment benefits for those (known as the 99ers) who have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits. ...Read Full Post | | |
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