<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - labor-statistics</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/labor-statistics</link><description>Newsvine - labor-statistics</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:55:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:42:55 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Unions suffer sharp decline in membership</title>
<description><![CDATA[Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Hananel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sam Hananel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16661213-unions-suffer-sharp-decline-in-membership</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16661213-unions-suffer-sharp-decline-in-membership</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>union-membership</category><category>membership</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:15:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6a96980-6230-487e-acb6-a2ed3c6b1d07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="323" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6a96980-6230-487e-acb6-a2ed3c6b1d07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Nov. 13, 2012 file photo shows AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington. The nation's labor unions suffered sharp declines in membership last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday, led by losses in the public sector as cash-strapped state and local governments laid off workers and &amp;#8212; in some cases &amp;#8212; limited collective bargaining rights.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=59e9a8b2-c8a3-426f-847e-434b5bea5cb5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=59e9a8b2-c8a3-426f-847e-434b5bea5cb5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Feb. 28, 2011 file photo shows protests continuing at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., as police and demonstrators gather on the rotunda floor where opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers have been sleeping. The nation's labor unions suffered sharp declines in membership last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday, led by losses in the public sector as cash-strapped state and local governments laid off workers and &amp;#8212; in some cases &amp;#8212; limited collective bargaining rights.  (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walker says feds approve higher Wis. job numbers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration said Wednesday that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has finalized higher job numbers for Wisconsin for 2011, which would blunt one of his opponents' biggest arguments against him just six days before he stands for recall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Bauer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Bauer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11968325-walker-says-feds-approve-higher-wis-job-numbers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11968325-walker-says-feds-approve-higher-wis-job-numbers</guid><category>us</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>recall</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Walker says feds have confirmed job-growth data</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's administration says job-growth numbers he made public earlier than normal have been verified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Bauer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Bauer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11965458-walker-says-feds-have-confirmed-job-growth-data</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11965458-walker-says-feds-have-confirmed-job-growth-data</guid><category>us</category><category>jobs</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>recall</category><category>us-news</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 21:46:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Big companies employ nearly half of private workforce</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10433770-big-companies-employ-nearly-half-of-private-workforce</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10433770-big-companies-employ-nearly-half-of-private-workforce</guid><category>border</category><category>img</category><category>heavyweights</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>alignleft</category><category>clearall</category><category>stylemargin</category><category>labor-statistics<p><br</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:49:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/allison-linnmsnbc9F87985E-5847-CEEF-DDDC-3236F050F541.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/allison-linnmsnbc9F87985E-5847-CEEF-DDDC-3236F050F541.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Big companies are also the big heavyweights when it comes to employment, according to new data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>‘We’re hiring’ signs few and far between</title>
<description><![CDATA[New government data proves what many of jobseekers already know: There was little growth in the number of jobs available in June.The Bureau of Labor Statistics said there were 3.1 million job openings on the last business day of June, virtually unchanged from a month earlier. More than four times that number of people said they were looking for work that month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/10/7331957-were-hiring-signs-few-and-far-between</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/10/7331957-were-hiring-signs-few-and-far-between</guid><category>business</category><category>labor</category><category>job</category><category>health</category><category>openings</category><category>june</category><category>hired</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>stocks--economy</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>junethe-bureau</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:59:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>America’s biggest problem? Unemployment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now it's the job market, stupid.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison Linn, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Allison Linn, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/11/6033622-americas-biggest-problem-unemployment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/11/6033622-americas-biggest-problem-unemployment</guid><category>people</category><category>economy</category><category>unemployment</category><category>ranked</category><category>americans</category><category>facing</category><category>gallup</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>stocks--economy</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:46:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110211_jobspoll_hmed_0845p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110211_jobspoll_hmed_0845p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Unemployed Americans pick up job applications from a prospective employer at the National Careers Fair in Los Angeles on February 7, 2010.  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Where the jobs are — and aren’t</title>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for a job at an auto plant? You might be in luck.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison Linn, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Allison Linn, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/06/4832527-where-the-jobs-are-and-arent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/06/4832527-where-the-jobs-are-and-arent</guid><category>jobs</category><category>health</category><category>unemployment</category><category>news</category><category>sector</category><category>employment</category><category>recession</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>eye-on-the-economy</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:30:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Utah jobless rate unchanged at 7.3 percent in May</title>
<description><![CDATA[Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Utah's unemployment rate remained steady at 7.3 percent from April to May.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/17/4522878-utah-jobless-rate-unchanged-at-73-percent-in-may</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/17/4522878-utah-jobless-rate-unchanged-at-73-percent-in-may</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>job</category><category>losses</category><category>utah</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:53:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Utah jobless rate rises to 7.3 percent in April</title>
<description><![CDATA[Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Utah's unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.3 percent in April from the previous month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4316328-utah-jobless-rate-rises-to-73-percent-in-april</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4316328-utah-jobless-rate-rises-to-73-percent-in-april</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>job</category><category>losses</category><category>utah</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:33:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>South Dakota's jobless rate inches up in January</title>
<description><![CDATA[The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says South Dakota's preliminary January unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, up from 4.7 percent in December 2009.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/04/3978271-south-dakotas-jobless-rate-inches-up-in-january</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/04/3978271-south-dakotas-jobless-rate-inches-up-in-january</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>south-dakota</category><category>rate</category><category>unemployment-rate</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:01:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reports: Hawaii unemployment down, job losses up</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Hawaii's unemployment rate stood at 7 percent in November, down from 7.3 percent in October.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/18/3650175-reports-hawaii-unemployment-down-job-losses-up</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/18/3650175-reports-hawaii-unemployment-down-job-losses-up</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>unemployment</category><category>hawaii</category><category>labor-statistics</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:25:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Feds report fewer workplace deaths in New England</title>
<description><![CDATA[New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Salsberg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Salsberg]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520801-feds-report-fewer-workplace-deaths-in-new-england</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520801-feds-report-fewer-workplace-deaths-in-new-england</guid><category>business</category><category>deaths</category><category>new-england</category><category>ma</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>worker-deaths</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:30:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Your Career: Take this job and shove it!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Laermer, CEO of New York-based RLM PR, has noticed a disturbing trend lately. Employees who quit aren’t giving the customary two weeks’ notice, and some are even breaking noncompete agreements they signed. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eve Tahmincioglu]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/14/2930100-your-career-take-this-job-and-shove-it</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/14/2930100-your-career-take-this-job-and-shove-it</guid><category>business</category><category>sports</category><category>job</category><category>careers</category><category>teens</category><category>skills</category><category>employers</category><category>says</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:07:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/Projects/Illustration/Grid_Teen_Worker.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/Projects/Illustration/Grid_Teen_Worker.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/PROJECTS/Illustrations/Grid_HealthyWorker.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/PROJECTS/Illustrations/Grid_HealthyWorker.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/Projects/Illustration/HLG_Quit.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/Projects/Illustration/HLG_Quit.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/Projects/Illustration/TZ_I_Quit.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="216" width="288" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/Projects/Illustration/TZ_I_Quit.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foreclosed homes’ pools can be death traps</title>
<description><![CDATA[The abandoned homes proliferating in neighborhoods across the country are more than one of the most glaring signs of the continuing recession. In addition to being eyesores, they can also be death traps for curious children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Celizic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Celizic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/10/2916769-foreclosed-homes-pools-can-be-death-traps</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/10/2916769-foreclosed-homes-pools-can-be-death-traps</guid><category>business</category><category>sports</category><category>job</category><category>networking</category><category>skills</category><category>resume</category><category>employers</category><category>careerbuilder</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>today-technology--money</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:24:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mom, where does the jobless rate come from?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The government reported Friday that the unemployment rate soared to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983, as employers handed pink slips out to 663,000 workers. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison Linn, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Allison Linn, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/03/2636371-mom-where-does-the-jobless-rate-come-from</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/03/2636371-mom-where-does-the-jobless-rate-come-from</guid><category>people</category><category>unemployment</category><category>survey</category><category>government</category><category>benefits</category><category>rate</category><category>unemployed</category><category>labor-statistics</category><category>stocks--economy</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:46:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>