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Environment & Energy. Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, Feb. 26:Akron wants protections for workers' hairstyles;Weather delays Rt. While the In an appearance at the Akron Roundtable he touched on a range of things his…, U.S Rep. Tim Ryan is calling for congressional hearings to review General Motors decision to shutter five North American plants.Ryan is urging the House…, Ohio’s official unemployment rate went unchanged from August to September, although workforce participation is at an all-time high. The unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, from 10.2% a month earlier. Students who are accepted as interns at WKSU are an integral part of the day-to-day operations of the newsroom. manufacturing and Nearly a quarter of people with jobs in August reported working from home or otherwise teleworking as a result of the pandemic. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities. August job gains were boosted by the temporary hiring of 238,000 workers to complete the
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But while factory production accelerated in August, the much larger services sector appeared to be tapping the brakes. That’s according to an…, Studies show in the near future, about two-thirds of Ohio’s jobs will require some college or skilled vocational training. Western Kentucky University (WKU) is committed to a policy of providing equal employment and educational opportunities to all candidates. That includes millions of gig workers and self-employed people who are not recorded in the monthly payroll count. Election Protection is WKSU’s community information initiative focused on access, policy and community resources around voting this November. Jeff St. Clair, Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. Major airlines have 8 work;Progressive to hire 1,500…, Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, Jan. 29:$10M Summit Lake plan moves forward;University of Akron event canceled amid coronavirus…, Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, January 15:Meijer to hire 600 workers in NE Ohio;Lordstown GM battery plant moves forward;Missing Port…, Sen. Sherrod Brown has unveiled new legislation Wednesday to put company profits back in the hands of workers.Brown says the "Stock Buyback Reform and…, The announcement that Amazon is building a new fulfillment center and bringing 1,500 jobs to the former Rolling Acres Mall site in Akron, has businesses…, Shareholders of Northeast Ohio manufacturer A. Schulman are set to vote on a merger with LyondellBasell tomorrow.LyondellBasell is the world’s seventh…, A new national survey shows college students graduating with the class of 2018 could have a more difficult time finding a job than other recent…, A new report shows that among the most common jobs in Akron, few pay enough to eliminate the need for government assistance.The survey from Policy Matters…, Ohio’s unemployment rate inched down in December. Nearly five months after the deadly police shooting of a black man in South Bend, Ind., pulled Mayor Pete Buttigieg off the campaign trail, the Democratic presidential hopeful is highlighting his plans to heal fractured relationships between law enforcement and African American communities across the country. ET U.S. employers added 1.4 million jobs last month, down from 1.7 million in July.
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Mike DeWine Talks About His New Administration, Rep. Tim Ryan Calls for Congressional Review of General Motors, Ohio Governor Candidates Discuss Job Opportunities for Young Adults, Share Your Views on Ohio's Economy with Your Voice Ohio, Jobs at Company Headquarters in Northeast Ohio Are Increasing, Northeast Ohio Democrat Floats a Plan to Ease Student Loan Debt. Unemployment fell for most major groups in August. Published September 4, 2020 at 8:36 AM EDT. Two surveys this week showed expansion in both Transportation and warehousing added 78,000 jobs, but the industry continues to struggle. The unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, from 10.2% a Job Gains Slowed Again In August As Employers Added 1.4 Million Jobs | WKSU The economy has so far recovered less than half of the 22 million jobs that were lost this spring.
As of mid-August, The white unemployment rate was 7.3% and the rate for Asians was 10.7%. State labor officials say it represents Ohio’s largest workforce ever after employers added more than 4,000 jobs last month. monthly snapshot from the Labor Department shows improvement, job growth has slowed steadily since June in a sign of what could be a long and painful recovery from the pandemic recession. U.S. employers added 1.4 million jobs last month, down from 1.7 million in July. That was down only slightly from the month before.
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more than 29 million people were collecting some form of unemployment benefits. From the WKSU Newsroom.
The Labor Department also cited job gains in health care, education and professional services.