Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with employment www.salem-news.com 2013 For about half of the women between 30 and 44 years, having a child has significantly altered their lives, forcing a reduction in working hours, or a temporary or permanent cessation of work. The existence of children alone does not explain the difficulty of reconciling work and family. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252013/rates-women-cf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252013/rates-women-cf.php Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:45:00 PST On the heels of an immigration reform framework released yesterday by a bipartisan group of United States Senators, today President Obama released his own vision for an overhaul to the nation’s broken immigration system. During a speech in Las Vegas today, the President laid out his immigration reform proposal in four parts. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292013/causa-reax.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292013/causa-reax.php Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:09:00 PST Greenlining Institute Executive Director Orson Aguilar issued the following statement in response to new immigration reform efforts announced this week: "We are heartened that Congress and the president are addressing comprehensive immigration reform, something that’s long overdue..." http://salem-news.com/articles/january292013/immigratin-reax.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292013/immigratin-reax.php Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:24:00 PST America’s immigration system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the economy or the country. It is time to act to fix the broken immigration system in a way that requires responsibility from everyone —both from the workers here illegally and those who hire them—and guarantees that everyone is playing by the same rules. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292013/immigration-rules.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292013/immigration-rules.php Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:16:00 PST I don’t know where to begin... they were terrible times. My husband was well-placed, but the marriage had begun to sink almost as soon as it began. Like most women do, I tried to work against all the odds. http://salem-news.com/articles/january122013/neera-chopra.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january122013/neera-chopra.php Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:41:00 PST We are saved —so our politicians tell us —from a plunge off the fiscal cliff. In all reports, however, it is mentioned that President Obama settled for a slice of what he claimed to be after, which was to raise taxes on those whose income is more than a $quarter million annually. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072013/immodest-proposal-th.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072013/immodest-proposal-th.php Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:21:00 PST It's sad that Barak Obama had to be the first black to be elected president. Ever since he got into office, Obama has been leaning over backward to avoid being patronising, or looking like it, to African Americans. http://salem-news.com/articles/november142012/middle-class-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november142012/middle-class-pb.php Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:24:00 PST The state of the economy remains an enigma. The most consistent constant is: Worry. Thrust into this sea of turmoil and skepticism is the job hunter. In many occupations, the field is not very fertile. It's been deteriorating to a drought. http://salem-news.com/articles/october242012/hiring-today-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october242012/hiring-today-blc.php Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:46:00 PDT Holding too much information and working closely with the government in Rwanda can be a lethal combination. This was evidenced again on Monday when the body of Theogene Turatsinze was found after having been missing since Friday night in Mozambique. Sources held report that he had been abducted by unknown assailants and was never seen alive again. http://salem-news.com/articles/october162012/danger-rwanda-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october162012/danger-rwanda-jf.php Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:54:00 PDT How do you feel about yourself? Do you think you are smarter, better looking, more successful, all in all a superior person compared to, say your neighbor, your brother-in-law, your boss? Do you look at the collective humanity as lesser persons? Do you think that if they were only as smart as you they wouldn't be on the welfare rolls? Feeling superior to others is called Hubris. http://salem-news.com/articles/october042012/survivor-species-dd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october042012/survivor-species-dd.php Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:16:00 PDT It is the responsibility of the servile Sinhala media, UNP opposition and other opposition to explain to the "Juki Girls" making Jungies to the Sudhies, and the Bolawathiies in the Middle East and Colombo why they are suffering at very low wages, and ill treatment. Of course the Juki Girl or the Sinha racist journalist or editor who wrote that article does not understand the simple economics of the affects of the GSP or the garment industry. http://salem-news.com/articles/august282012/juki-terror-dg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august282012/juki-terror-dg.php Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:11:00 PDT You don’t know me. Even I did not know you till few weeks ago. I am one like the hundreds ofgirls you see when you drive in and out of the airport. You see some of us walking to the shifts or going home after work in the garment factories near the airport. http://salem-news.com/articles/august272012/unemployed-lanka.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august272012/unemployed-lanka.php Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:28:00 PDT Sensata Technologies, a business based in Freeport, Illinois, owned by Bain Capital, is laying off workers in order to hire employees in China. Last year, Bain took over the Freeport plant and announced that it would layoff 165 workers and close it. http://salem-news.com/articles/august272012/romney-sensata-nl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august272012/romney-sensata-nl.php Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:20:00 PDT No amount of political fairness could be too much for the Cambodians. News of a Cambodian radio station owner being jailed is both shocking and tragic; however it is not surprising as Human Rights mean little here. http://salem-news.com/articles/july172012/cambodia-journalist-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july172012/cambodia-journalist-wg.php Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:35:00 PDT We have to wonder, following last week’s contract settlement between the Los Angeles school board and the United Teachers of Los Angeles, which gives teachers up to 10 unpaid "furlough days" and cuts five days of instruction to help erase a budget shortfall. This pathetic strategy seems to be spreading statewide. http://salem-news.com/articles/june272012/kids-la-schools.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june272012/kids-la-schools.php Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:16:00 PDT War, as General Sherman once said, is hell. It is also widely perceived to be a failure of diplomacy. Which would explain why it is that when war-promoting lobbyists want to generate congressional enthusiasm for the next war, all short-term congressional memories must be wiped out. http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/congress-israel-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/congress-israel-jw.php Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:04:00 PDT An Apple Store's refusal to see an IPad to an Iranian-American in Georgia last week, has been the cause of significant concern within the community. It further escalates the possibility of Apple's discrimination against Iranian Americans. http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/iran-americans.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june222012/iran-americans.php Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:29:00 PDT One election night victory in one New Jersey congressional district does not represent a major shift in American politics. But shifts do occur, and they must start somewhere. On the night of June 5, 2012, this was the news the Star-Ledger reported from the Passaic County Community College in Paterson, NJ. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102012/nj-no-aipac-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102012/nj-no-aipac-jw.php Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:35:00 PDT I was approached by the BBC to be interviewed on Newsnight to talk about what it's like being a working mum struggling to pay rent and housing costs. Of course I was happy to do it, being a working mum is something I’m proud of. It hasn't always been plain sailing. But I did not expect to be personally scrutinised, have judgements made about my choices... http://salem-news.com/articles/may292012/bbc-video.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may292012/bbc-video.php Tue, 29 May 2012 22:07:00 PDT We were told that the vast amounts of stimulus monies that had been set aside and earmarked were to be dedicated to bringing our economy back from the brink. Why are these funds being spent to help Chinese industries and to provide jobs to Chinese workers when U.S. industries are hurting so badly and U.S. workers are losing their homes? http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/chinese-workers-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/chinese-workers-bc.php Thu, 03 May 2012 11:30:00 PDT Child labor in Uzbekistan... a problem that its own government seems to have no interest in controlling. Children as young as 10 are forced to participate in a mandated cotton production system. The U.S. government should raise a voice in this matter and call for an end to this practice. Year after year, the Uzbek govt. mandates that farmers grow cotton, and children plant, weed and harvest to meet their assigned quotas. http://salem-news.com/articles/april262012/uzbek-child-labor-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april262012/uzbek-child-labor-wg.php Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:27:00 PDT Jobless Warrior, a new online career enhancing service for veterans, is proud to announce its official nationwide launch of services. Veterans can now visit joblesswarrior.org to request free resume help, connect with a career coach, join a job networking group, and more. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/jobless-warriors.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/jobless-warriors.php Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:06:00 PDT University students surveyed in Lebanon on the subject of how to improve their society identified three groups most in urgent need of immediate Lebanese governmental action. They believe those most victimized by Lebanon’s laws are migrant domestic workers, women, who make up half of Lebanon’s population, and the estimated 250,000 Palestinian refugees. http://salem-news.com/articles/april082012/lebanon-workers-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april082012/lebanon-workers-fl.php Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:39:00 PDT Senate Majority Leader Diane Rosenbaum and community advocates will join Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber this afternoon for a bill signing ceremony on Senate Bill 1548. The legislation makes Oregon the second state in the nation to prohibit discrimination against the unemployed in job announcements. http://salem-news.com/articles/march292012/job-discrimination.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march292012/job-discrimination.php Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:13:00 PDT With the European Union expected to reform its GSP system by 2014, Sri Lanka could face many challenges with both Pakistan and Bangladesh eligible to benefit by trade concessions with a possible free trade agreement with India expected to exert more pressure. "The implications of GSP reform for Sri Lanka will be indirect rather than direct given that it has already been removed from the GSP+ prior to the reform process. http://salem-news.com/articles/march272012/lanka-economy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march272012/lanka-economy.php Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:44:00 PDT As a nation with a history of terrible violence, Cambodia needs to quickly and thoroughly address a very alarming situation; the shooting of three female garment workers in the Bavet town of Svay Rieng province on 20 February 2012. Information indicates that the shooting took place as 6,000 workers gathered in solidarity in front of the Kaoway Sports Ltd factory, demonstrating for better work conditions. http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/cambodia-shooting-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march152012/cambodia-shooting-wg.php Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:18:00 PDT This April, 450 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are set to graduate from a unique vocational training program in southern India designed especially for them. The class of 2012 will be only the second to graduate from the “New Beginnings” program developed by Salesian Missions and funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. http://salem-news.com/articles/march102012/tamil-training-india.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march102012/tamil-training-india.php Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:13:00 PST There are no words that adequately express the importance of employing our military veterans when they return home. There are potential problems that these men and women suffer and bear, yet they are also the most reliable individuals any employer is likely to hire. http://salem-news.com/articles/february212012/vet-to-vet-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february212012/vet-to-vet-le.php Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:34:00 PST The American economy appears to be slowly recovering, but one segment of the population will never recover. Over the last decade or so, an underclass of poor has appeared and expanded. There are, in addition, millions of unemployed who, because of age or lack of contemporary vocational skills will never be employed again. This is an unfortunate reality. http://salem-news.com/articles/february202012/modest_proposal_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february202012/modest_proposal_dj.php Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:00:00 PST The Senate approved legislation this morning to make Oregon second in the nation to pass a bill prohibiting discrimination against unemployed Oregonians in job announcements. With Oregon’s long term unemployment rate stubbornly high, the bill makes sure that applicants can’t be prohibited from applying for a job opening solely because they do not currently have a job. http://salem-news.com/articles/february152012/oregon-work.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february152012/oregon-work.php Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:23:00 PST