Employment

In today's On the News segment: The wealth gap in the US isn't only increasing inequality, it's putting people out of work, and more.

To prevent global ecological collapse we must radically retrench and close down unsustainable industries.

This is money that is creating demand elsewhere, not in the United States.

While we are still far from anything resembling full employment, it is getting easier for people to find jobs.

It would be easy to go on about how bad things are for labor rights, but it is worth highlighting a couple of good news items against the current …

Conyers said this week, “My most important bill is the Full Employment Act.”

Bob Pollin and Anthony Davies debate whether a higher minimum wage means less jobs for young people entering the employment market.

Voluntary part-time employment has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.

We need a whole new approach to labor law in the United States that provides workers more freedom and democracy in the workplace.

We need to create a new Works Progress Administration and make the government the employer of last resort.