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...of COBRA subsidies in Connecticut, spokespersons said. Nancy Steffans, the communication director for the state Department of Labor, said the department sends unemployment benefits for about 100,000 residents a week. According to the federal Bureau of Labor...
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The Stamford Advocate
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/localnews/ci_13921931?source=rss
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...month before, even though employers added 1,000 jobs last month, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Labor. Nationally, the unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. The gain of 1,000 jobs is statistically insignificant and doesn't...
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Hartford Courant
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...$3,753,000 -------------------- ------------ ----- --------------- ---------- Vermont Department Montpelier Vt. Connecticut, of Labor Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island $3,999,923 ------------------ ------------...
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Grant Park. And though there was cheering and chants of "Fired up, ready to go!", this was no easy sell for Obama. The vote came the same week as Democrats lost the Virginia and New Jersey governors' mansions, and a day after the Labor Department reported a 26-year record unemployment rate of 10.2%. Preaching altruism in such a climate to politicians bent on self-preservation is tough. In the end Democrats lost 39 of their own - passing the bill 220-215 with a cushion of just two votes, ...
Director of the Psychological Strategy Board. His doctoral dissertation was "Peace, Legitimacy, and the Equilibrium (A Study of the Statesmanship of Castlereagh and Metternich)." Kissinger remained at Harvard as a member of the faculty in the Department of Government and at the Center for International Affairs. He became Associate Director of the latter in 1957. In 1955, he was a consultant to the National Security Council's Operations Coordinating Board. During 1955 and 1956, he was also ...
Jones: Great. Well, a number of things are hang. First of all, just to get the big number out of the way, the number everybody's excited about, the Department of labor is led by Secretary Hilda Solis. She is the architect of the Green Jobs Act when she was a Congressperson and she has half a billion dollars, $500 million through the Department of Labor to begin to train people to put them to work, putting up those solar panels, retrofitting homes, going into homes that leak a lot of energy, ...
Citizens of Western Queens, NY with Broadway stars and elected officials gathered in a local Astoria park in support of civil rights and marriage equality. The residents of Western Queens, an exuberant crowd estimated at 2500 by the Parks Department, included elected officials and members of the Broadway and television entertainment industry. The rally, organized to support Governor Patersons Marriage Equality Bill, featured music by Broadway performers and stories from elected officials ...
Citizens of Western Queens, NY with Broadway stars and elected officials gathered in a local Astoria park in support of civil rights and marriage equality. The residents of Western Queens, an exuberant crowd estimated at 2500 by the Parks Department, included elected officials and members of the Broadway and television entertainment industry. The rally, organized to support Governor Patersons Marriage Equality Bill, featured music by Broadway performers and stories from elected officials ...
Citizens of Western Queens, NY with Broadway stars and elected officials gathered in a local Astoria park in support of civil rights and marriage equality. The residents of Western Queens, an exuberant crowd estimated at 2500 by the Parks Department, included elected officials and members of the Broadway and television entertainment industry. The rally, organized to support Governor Patersons Marriage Equality Bill, featured music by Broadway performers and stories from elected officials ...
The unemployment rate in West Hartford is lower than the state of Connecticut and the nation, but that doesn't comfort those in West Hartford still looking for work. Residents had the opportunity to brush up their job seeking skills outside the Faxon Library today with staff from the Connecticut Department of Labor on board the Career Express Bus. Staff on the bus help job seekers with their resumes, explore new career opportunities, and provide career counseling. The bus has Internet ...
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...time period. Connecticut data on mass layoffs — based on mandatory reporting of certain mass layoffs to the state Department of Labor — are a small sample, making conclusions difficult. For example, the number of Connecticut employers announcing mass layoffs...
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Hartford Courant
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...Recovery and Reinvestment Act by allowing workers to use their more recent earnings to qualify for benefits. The Connecticut Department of Labor can use the funds to pay unemployment benefits or, if appropriated by the legislature, for administering its unemployment...
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International Business Times
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...to find, it is essential that those out of work through no fault of their own receive the benefits they deserve." The Connecticut Department of Labor can use the funds to pay unemployment benefits or, if appropriated by the legislature, for administering its...
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...a Republican, had vetoed the increase, but the Democratic-controlled legislature overrode her decision. The state Department of Labor estimates that last year 65,000 Connecticut workers were paid at or below the state's minimum wage. That's about 3.5 percent...
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This is a 30 second television commercial (sponsored by Council 4 and AFSCME Locals 387, 391 and 1565) that begins airing Dec. 29, 2008 on cable systems throughout Connecticut. It's called "Proud to Serve" and features state correction officers who are part of the Council 4 union family. Council 4 represents 35000 employees in Connecticut, including approximately 5000 Department of Correction employees from Locals 387, 391 and 1565. ... afscme "council 4" unions "labor unions" prisons ...
Gary Pechie, a Director at the Connecticut Department of Labor, speaks at the 2008 New England Regional Council of Carpenters Convention about enforcing laws against developers and contractors who exploit workers and perform illegal business practices. ... NERCC Carpenters Union Gary Pechie labor New England Regional Council of
TrueMajority said its members organized over 251 events in more than 41 states. The largest gathering has been in New York City, where more than 1000 protesters gathered near the New York Stock Exchange along with labor union members organized by New York Central Labor Council. Other grassroots groups have planned rallies to protest against the bailout, while outraged citizens continue to express their opposition online through blogs and dedicated web sites. In a survey conducted ...
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At a time when the nation is looking for work, the state of Connecticut, is adding jobs. With 3600 salaries added to the state in June, the unemployment rate remained at 5.4% for the second straight month, whereas most of the country's is on the rise. After losing 7600 positions in the first 4 months of 2008, Connecticut has added 6900 jobs since then. The largest increases were in Education and Healthcare, but both the Professional and Business markets, who struggled early on, also reported ...
effort. Ultimately, the data collected is sent to colleges to help them develop relevant curriculum for their job-seeking students. The state of Connecticut used part of a $2.7 million US Department of Labor training grant to develop what is seen as a model project for other states. The state called upon Skillproof, a Bridgeport, CT based labor research organization, for its web crawling technology with data analytics software designed by IBM, Pace University of New York.. Already, the ...
HBI received a $4.2 million grant from the US Department of Labor to increase participation in trades training. "Building Today's Workforce for Tomorrow" funds local and state Home Builder Associations (HBAs) in ten states to develop partnerships with community colleges, k-12 school districts, workforce investment boards, Job Corps centers and area employers.
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...principal. Griffin has said the workers were hired by Pro Tree and that it cooperated with an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, which also has filed a lawsuit in the case. Griffin officials said they were shocked to hear the allegations of mistreatment...
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/06/25/migrant_workers_settle_claims_against_connecticut_nursery?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Connecticut+news
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...an overall surge in hirings, the Labor Department reports that September marked the 37th month in which the U.S. manufacturing sector lost jobs. One Connecticut factory owner has formed MAD in USA, an alliance of workers and employers trying to draw attention...
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NPR
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