Apr 02 March hiring accelerated to 916K, yet many jobs remain lost By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 8:11 As nationwide unemployment grows, Rhode Island steps in to help residents find work By Paul Solman, Lee Koromvokis This week marked the 52nd straight week of high unemployment claims, with numbers rising as more than a million people filed for state and emergency federal unemployment benefits across the country. One state, Rhode Island, is working to reverse that… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 7:05 Extra space, flexibility, luck: For restaurants that survived the pandemic, it could take all three By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber Pre-pandemic, 10% of Connecticut's workforce was in restaurants. Since COVID-19 at least 600 of the state’s restaurants have closed and tens of thousands remain unemployed. For those still open, the road ahead is still uncertain. In our “Roads to Recovery”… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 8:35 With millions looking for work, stigmas create a dearth of skilled tradespeople By Paul Solman Jobless claims were high again this past week with more than 860,000 people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time. Millions of people are still looking for work, but some employers say they can't find enough skilled workers for… Continue watching
Feb 05 A meager gain in U.S. jobs last month highlights virus’ damage By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The increase of just 49,000 positions in January made scarcely any dent in the nearly 10 million jobs that remain lost since the virus intensified nearly a year ago. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 3:46 News Wrap: Relentless surge in infections forces more business to lay off workers In our news wrap Friday, U.S. employers cut 140,000 jobs in December due in large part to the pandemic, President-elect Biden signals a plan to release nearly all available vaccine doses after taking office, an Israeli court indefinitely postponed the… Continue watching
Dec 04 U.S. hiring slows sharply to 245,000 jobs as virus intensifies By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press America’s employers scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown. Continue reading
Nov 06 Unemployment drops to 6.9 percent and U.S. adds a solid 638,000 jobs By Associated Press The gain suggested that a tentative economic recovery may remain intact even in the face of a surging viral outbreak. Continue reading
Oct 25 Roads to Election 2020: What, why and how Americans are voting this election By PBS NewsHour Weekend PBS NewsHour Weekend criss-crossed the country including key battleground states to speak to voters about issues they most care about and how they plan to vote. We also spoke with reporters at our partner public media stations across the nation… Continue reading
Sep 17 COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Before the pandemic hit the economy, the number signing up for jobless aid had never exceeded 700,000 in a week, even in the depths of the 2007-2009 Great Recession. Continue reading