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Slow Job Creation, Not Job Losses, Driving Unemployment

Unemployment has risen above 10 percent and no one in Washington seems to understand what is going on. Yesterday, a little noticed release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shed important light onto the job situation. The BLS’s Business ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bureau of Labor Statistics,  U.S. Congress,  Federal Reserve,  Ben Bernanke,  General Motors

Swine Flu and Sick Leave: Improvements to the Emergency Influenza Containment Act Would Save Jobs

The Emergency Influenza Containment Act, currently being considered by the House Education and Labor Committee, requires employers who direct their employees to stay home because of a contagious illness -- such as the swine flu -- to provide those ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CA Inc.,  George Miller

Big Labor and Big Government Are Officially the Same Thing

Who do the words “union members” bring to mind? United Auto Workers building cars in Detroit? Teamsters truckers hauling freight? Steel workers in Pennsylvania? Not any more. Newly released numbers show that the actual face of today’s union movement is ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  12 Nov 2009

TSA Nominee Erroll Southers's Stand on Collective Bargaining Needs Clarity

President Obama has nominated Erroll Southers to serve as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which employs the airline security screeners charged with preventing terrorists from boarding American airplanes. As the head ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Transportation Security Administration,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  General Motors

Heritage Employment Report: October Has Few Treats, Lots of Tricks

On November 6, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate had soared from 9.8 percent to 10.2 percent in October. Jobs losses in October--190,000--were higher than expected. As job losses mount, the monthly jobs report ...

From REA S. HEDERMAN, JR., AND JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Bureau of Labor Statistics,  Army Corps of Engineers

Union Contracts of Health Care Workers Would Inflate Health Care Costs

A government takeover of the health care industry would facilitate widespread union organizing of health care workers. Many studies show that collective bargaining makes health care more expensive. Consequently, health care reform that includes a ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Congressional Budget Office,  Heritage Foundation,  AFL-CIO,  Service Employees International Union,  James Bennett

Union Dues: It's Your Money. Isn't It?

For American workers, it is a telling tale of two cities. Last month, workers in Wheat Ridge, Colo., won a smashing victory, holding powerful special interests accountable. In Washington though, those special interests fought back, persuading President ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Labor Department,  Denver Broncos,  ACORN,  Elaine Chao

The Truth About the Franken Amendment

When a disgruntled employee files a lawsuit that goes to court his employer must pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Even if the courts reject the allegation as frivolous employers must still pay the lawyers. That allows ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Halliburton,  Jamie Jones,  U.S. Congress

No JOLTS in Job Creation

Unemployment has risen sharply during this recession and has almost reached 10 percent of the workforce. However policy makers have paid relatively little attention to why unemployment has risen so sharply. With so much coverage of the collapse of the ...

From JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Heritage Employment Report: September's Step Back

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment report for September, and the report was frightening: 263,000 jobs lost, well exceeding expectations. The unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent even as the labor force shrank. The continued ...

From REA S. HEDERMAN, JR., AND JAMES SHERK, The Heritage Foundation,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Ford Motor Company,  Chrysler,  Saturn Corporation,  U.S. Congress

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