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http://www.change.org/petitions/save-astorias-college
Clatsop Community College, where I work, has had to lay off 40% of its instructors, because the State of Oregon has withdrawn its funding of the college due to low tax revenues. Oregon must step up to support the college in order to save its extremely valuable business, Spanish language, political science, and criminal justice programs, which have all been crippled by the budget cuts.
Last night I attended a rally in support of saving the college. This morning, inspired by the warmth and good will of the people I work with and the knowledge that we need to work together to keep our team whole, I created an online petition which I have directed to the Oregon State Legislature, Governor Kitzhaber, and our state and federal representatives. The title of the petition is "The Oregon State Legislature: Provide $900,000 in emergency funding to Clatsop Community College." I'm trying to collect 100,000 signatures, and I could really use your help. I want to save my job and the outstanding little college where I work. To sign my petition, please click here:
http://www.change.org/petitions/save-astorias-college
Once you're done, please ask everyone you know to sign the petition as well. Thank you.
Progresshiv (looking at unemployment in March)http://www.change.org/petitions/save-astorias-college
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the Capitol building of hundreds of peaceful protesters who have been occupying the site to protest Governor Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys (D), who spent Sunday night in the Capitol building with other protesters. Roys describes what happened at four o’clock on Monday afternoon when the government gave the order to clear the protesters from the building:
And after several hours of the same sorts of scenes that we’ve been seeing all week—singing, chanting, drumming, speechifying—the Capitol police captain, Chief Tubbs, made an announcement, and he said that the protesters that had remained in the building, they were being orderly and responsible and peaceful and there was no reason to eject them from the Capitol.
Police attempted to clear the building of protesters on Sunday night, but they relented when the protesters refused to leave and allowed them to stay another night. On Monday, the police decided not to eject protesters already inside, but no additional activists would be allowed in. The governor plans to deliver his budget address on Tuesday afternoon. Walker is expected to call for spending cuts that could exceed $1 billion dollars.
Gov. Walker has threatened mass public sector layoffs if the Democratic senators do not return from Illinois by March 1. However, the Uptake.com reports that one of the absent legislators, State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, claims Walker is not telling the truth. Erpenbach says the unions have already agreed to come up with the money the governor needs to balance the budget, and therefore, he has no need to lay anyone off to bridge the gap.
Wisconsin 101
Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive describes the epic scale of the Wisconsin protests:
This is the largest sustained rally for the rights of public sector workers that this country has seen in decades — perhaps ever.
The crowds at the state Capitol have swelled from 10,000-65,000 during the first week all the way up to 100,000 on Feb. 26. Hundreds of people occupied the Capitol building with a sit-in and sleep-in for days on end, and total strangers from around the world ordered pizzas for them.
In case you’re still wondering what all of this means, Andy Kroll, Nick Baumann, and Siddhartha Mahanta of Mother Jones have joined forces to bring you this “Wisconsin 101″ primer.
The Republicans in the Wisconsin House passed a bill that would take away collective bargaining rights for public sector unions, restrict their ability to collect dues, and force them to undergo yearly recertification votes. But the bill cannot become law until the state Senate also passes it. Currently, 14 Democratic state senators are hiding out in Illinois to deprive the Republican majority of the quorum they need to vote on the bill. However, as Kroll notes, if only one Democrat breaks faith and returns to Madison, the Republicans will be able to pass the bill.
Nationwide solidarity
Jamilah King of Colorlines.com brings us a photo essay on the solidarity rallies held around the country over the weekend in support of the Wisconsin protesters. From San Francisco to Salt Lake City to Atlanta to New York, people took to the streets in support of the right of workers to organize. Also at Colorlines.com, historian Michael Honey draws parallels between the situation in Wisconsin and Dr. Martin Luther King’s last crusade. Shortly before his assassination, King stood with the sanitation workers of Memphis to demand collective bargaining rights and the power to collect union dues.
George Warner of Campus Progress profiles some young activists who took to the streets of Washington, D.C. to express their solidarity with the Wisconsin protesters. About 1,500 people came out to a rally in support of the protesters on Saturday.
Anonymous strikes again
In a bizarre twist, a loosely organized coalition of anarchic hackers known as “Anonymous” attacked websites linked to Koch Industries on Sunday, Jessica Pieklo reports for Care2.com. The Koch brothers are among Gov. Walker’s most generous benefactors. The hackers launched a distributed denial of service attack on the website of the Koch-funded conservative group Americans for Prosperity.
In addition to generous campaign contributions, the Koch brothers gave $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, which in turn paid for millions of dollars worth of ads against Walker’s opponent in 2010. Walker is evidently very grateful to Koch. Last week, a writer for a Buffalo-based website got Walker on the phone by pretending to be David Koch.
Don’t look now, but…
Meanwhile, in Indiana, the state assembly reconvened on Monday to find most of the 40 Democratic members had decamped for Illinois. The legislators are apparently taking a page from the Wisconsin playbook. Indiana’s Republican governor is trying to pass legislation that would make permanent a ban on collective bargaining by public sector workers and the Democratic legislators are seeking to deny him the 2/3rds quorum required to vote on the bill.
This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about the economy by members of The Media Consortium. It is free to reprint. Visit the Audit for a complete list of articles on economic issues, or follow us on Twitter. And for the best progressive reporting on critical economy, environment, health care and immigration issues, check out The Mulch, The Pulse and The Diaspora. This is a project of The Media Consortium, a network of leading independent media outlets.By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
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Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 7/19/10.
The business service, hospitality, retail, telecommunications, health care and banking are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nation’s leading job boards.
Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth.
Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding.
Total Job Openings:
Business Service firms led hiring companies as IBM, Deloitte and Booz Allen were actively staffing. Hospitality was next as Pizza Hut, Marriott, Cracker Barrel and Boston Market continued heavy job advertisements.
Retail continues hiring growth - Blockbuster, Kmart and Sears, and were all top 10 hiring firms, while Lowe’s, Macy’s, JCPenney Pilot and Bloomingdale’s were also in the top hiring firms. Telecommunications firms remain top hiring companies with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon still staffing actively.
Health care continues in a a strong recruiting mode as HCR ManorCare, UnitedHealth, Genesis Healthcare, DaVita, Kaiser Permanente, Quest Diagnostic and Kindred Healthcare were top job advertisers.
Based on surveys of US job advertisements in the top job board aggregators, the following companies searched for the most job openings:
Total Job Openings by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):
1. IBM
2. PizzaHut
3. Blockbuster
4. AT&T
5. Kmart
6. Sears
7. HCR ManorCare
8. Wells Fargo
9. T-Mobile
10. Deloitte
11. Verizon Wireless.
12. Lowe's
13. General Dynamics
14. UnitedHealth Group
15. PNC
16. JPMorgan Chase
17. Booz Allen
18. Macy's
19. Marriott
20. JCPenney
21. Amedisys
22. Genesis Healthcare
23. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
24. DaVita
25. Pilot Travel Centers
26. Kaiser Permanente
27. Boston Market
28. HP
29. U.S. Army
30. Quest Diagnostics
31. Snap-on Tools
32. Aflac
33. Raytheon
34. Kindred Healthcare
35. Combined Insurance
36. Fifth Third Bank
37. Terminix
38. TruGreen
39. Columbia University
40. Bloomingdale's
Job Openings Added This Week:
The hospitality, business service, telecommunications, retail, banking and Health care verticals are the top industries with new job postings this week based on a survey of the nation’s leading job advertisements added during the past seven days.
Hospitality led new hiring advertisements this week Pizza Hut and Marriott were looking for employees. Business service was also hiring as IBM, Deloitte and Booz Allen were included in the top job advertisers this week.
Telecommunications companies were next as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon were in the top firms adding advertisements for new hires this week. Retail continued staffing this week as Sears, Kmart, Blockbuster, Macy's, Petco, Lowe’s, Fresh Market and Radio Shack were staffing.
Banking had two companies in the top new advertisments in the past 7 days as Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase hit the top ten joined by PNC and Citi. Health care rounded out the list of top companies adding new hiring advertisements as UnitedHealth, Gentiva, HCR ManorCare, Amedisys, Bayada Nurses, Genesis Healthcare, DaVita, Healthsouth, Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii Pacific Health and Sunbridge Healthcare.
Job Openings added this week by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):
1. Pizza Hut
2. IBM
3. AT&T
4. T-Mobile
5. Sears
6. Kmart
7. Wells Fargo
8. Deloitte
9. UnitedHealth Group
10. JPMorgan Chase
11. Verizon Wireless
12. Booz Allen Hamilton
13. Gentiva Health Services
14. Blockbuster
15. HCR ManorCare
16. Marriott
17. Macy's
18. PNC
19. Wellpoint
20. Petco
21. BAE Systems
22. Lowe's
23. Amedisys
24. Bayada Nurses
25. Genesis Healthcare
26. DaVita
27. Oracle
28. Citi
29. Fresh Market
30. Healthsouth
31. Bloomingdale's
32. Kaiser Permanente
33. Columbia University
34. Hawaii Pacific Health
35. Raytheon
36. RadioShack
37. PDS Technical Services
38. JB Hunt
39. Merck & Co
40. Sunbridge Healthcare
Sources: CareerBuilder, Monster, Indeed, SimplyHired, HotJobs, Google. Excluded: Recruiters, Staffing firms, Training, Franchise, and Work-from-home opportunities.
Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant hiring plans, or employers actively adding large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.
Article: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2010/07/whos-hiring-top-employers-week-of-7-19.html
Source: http://recareered.blogspot.comWho's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity... more
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Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 7-16-10.
For the past week pharmaceuticals, defense, government, energy, and health care employers announced the largest layoffs.
This information is intended for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting. The information can be valuable to job seekers also, to understand companies that are probably not in growth mode.
Top Layoffs week ended 7-16:
Pharmaceuticals topped the list as Merck announced 15,000 layoffs globally, Eli Lilly eliminated 480 positions, and McNeil cut 300 jobs. Defense was next, as Northrup Grumman announced 5,00 layoffs at it New Orleans shipbuilding facility and General Dynamics cut 560 San Diego positions.
Government remained near the top of the list as 17 state/local governmental units and school districts announced layoffs this week affecting thousands of workers, led by Riverside County government laying off 1,000 employees and Oregon State Agencies announced shedding 562 jobs. Energy Company BP Solar cut 320 positions in Frederick MD.
Health care had significant layoffs, as Pomona Valley Medical Center disclosed 300 job cuts.
Inclusion on this listing doesn’t mean the entire industry is down, as some from the same sectors appeared on the “Who’s Hiring” article published 7/12/10.
Job seekers: You might want to look in greener pastures than these companies.
Organizations announcing or rumored layoffs for the week ended 7/16/10:
* Merck, Various US and international (15,000)
* Northrop Grumman, New Orleans LA (< 5,000)
* Riverside County Government, Riverside CA (1,000)
* Oregon State Agencies, Salem OR (562)
* Nassco (General Dynamics), San Diego CA (560)
* City of Dallas TX (500)
* Eli Lilly, Indianapolis IN (480)
* Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach CA (357)
* BP Solar, Frederick MD (320)
* McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Johnson and Johnson Subsidiary), Fort Washington PA (300)
* Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona CA (300)
* Yale University, New Haven CT (250)
* Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA (238)
* The Mosaic Co, Haines City FL (221)
* Newark Police Department, Newark NJ (200)
* Novelis Corp, Mayfield Heights OH (191)
* FPL Food LLC, Augusta GA (185)
* City of Schenectady NY (160)
* Dallas TX Libraries (155)
* Parker Hannifin, Lincoln NE (150)
* GOJO Industries, Cuyahoga Falls (150)
* ARAMARK, Jamaica NY (140)
* Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas CA (138)
* Gildan-Prewitt Company, Fort Payne AL (130)
* Kop-Flex Inc, Hanover MD (125)
* Netflix, Santa Ana (125)
* EdFund, Rancho Cordova CA (106)
* St. Francis Health Center, Topeka KS (105)
* Coty Inc, Rocky Point NC (100)
* Jerr-Dan Corp, Greencastle PA (100)
* City of Sacramento CA (100)
* Cummins Inc, Memphis TN (100)
* Texas AgriLife Extension, College Station TX (95)
* Atlantic City NJ (93)
* Devon Energy Corp, Houston TX (91)
* Oakland Police Department, Oakland CA (80)
* First Data Corp,Moorpark CA (78)
* Shipbuilders of Wisconsin, Manitowoc WI (70)
* Excel, Monroe MI (69)
* Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond LA (67)
* Texas A&M University, College Station TX (66)
* Chenega Integrated Systems, West Point NY (60)
* Coachella Valley Unified School District, Thermal CA (60)
* Chesterfield County VA (60)
* Norwood Promotional Products, Indianapolis IN (57)
* Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham AL (51)
* Lee County Department of Transportation, Fort Meyers FL (50)
* Ameristar, East Chicago IN (50)
* Novant Health, Winston-Salem NC (48)
* Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem NC (48)
* Brookshire Brothers, Lufkin TX (47)
* ISE Ltd, Poway CA (45)
* Prime Retail Management, Baltimore MD (44)
* Rockstar, San Diego CA (40)
* City of Calexico CA (40)
* Bank of New York Mellon, Lodi NJ (39)
* City of East St Louis IL (37)
* Victaulic, Forks Township PA (37)
* Sony Online Entertainment, San Diego CA (35)
* Watson Laboratories, Carmel NY (33)
* Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department, Sheboygan WI (33)
* RazorGator, Los Angeles CA (30)
* Newark Public Library, Newark NJ (31)
* Adolor Corp, Exton PA (30)
Original Source: Google, Twitter, AllPinkSlips.com, Telonu.com, TechCrunch.com, CoStar.com, Gawker, Screwedd.com, Recessionwire.com
Article: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2010/07/whos-firing-layoffs-week-ended-7-16-10.html
Source: http://recareered.blogspot.comWho's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring... more
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Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 7/12/10.
The business service, hospitality, telecommunications, health care and retail are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nation’s leading job boards.
Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth.
Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding.
Total Job Openings:
Business Service firms led hiring companies as IBM, Deloitte, Booz Allen and Accenture were actively staffing. Hospitality was next as Pizza Hut, Marriott, Cracker Barrel, Boston Market and Hilton continued heavy job advertisements. Telecommunications firms remain top hiring companies with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon still staffing actively.
Health care continues in a a strong recruiting mode as Walgreen’s Take Care Health Systems, HCR ManorCare, UnitedHealth, Gentiva Health Services, Genesis Healthcare, DaVita, Amedisys Home Health, Kaiser Permanente, Quest Diagnostics and Kindred Healthcare were top job advertisers. Retail continues hiring growth - Sears, Kmart and Blockbuster were all top 10 hiring firms, while Lowe’s, Macy’s, JCPenney, and Pilot were also in the top hiring firms.
Based on surveys of US job advertisements in the top job board aggregators, the following companies searched for the most job openings:
Total Job Openings by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):
1. IBM
2. PizzaHut
3. AT&T
4. Walgreen’s Take Care Health Systems
5. T-Mobile
6. Sears
7. Kmart Corporation
8. Deloitte
9. HCR ManorCare
10. Blockbuster
11. Lowe's
12. General Dynamics
13. JPMorgan Chase
14. UnitedHealth Group
15. PNC
16. Booz Allen Hamilton
17. Verizon Wireless
18. Gentiva Health Services
19. Marriott
20. Accenture
21. Macy's
22. Genesis Healthcare
23. DaVita
24. Amedisys
25. JCPenney
26. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
27. Pilot Travel Centers
28. Boston Market
29. Kaiser Permanente
30. HP
31. U.S. Army
32. Hilton Hotels
33. PDS Technical Services
34. Snap-on Tools
35. La Petite Academy
36. Quest Diagnostics
37. Raytheon
38. Columbia University
39. Aflac
40. Kindred Healthcare
Job Openings Added This Week:
The hospitality, telecommunications, business service, retail and banking verticals are the top industries with new job postings this week based on a survey of the nation’s leading job advertisements added during the past seven days.
Hospitality led new hiring advertisements this week Pizza Hut, Marriott, Friendly’s and Hilton were looking for employees. Telecommunications companies were next as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon were in the top firms adding advertisements for new hires this week.
Business service was also hiring as IBM, Deloitte and Booz Allen were included in the top job advertisers this week. Retail continued staffing this week as Kmart, Macy's, Sears, Lowe’s, Bloomingdale’s and Radio Shack were staffing.
Banking rounded out the list of top companies adding new hiring advertisements, featuring Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Citi.
Job Openings added this week by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):
1. Pizza Hut
2. AT&T
3. IBM
4. Deloitte
5. Kmart
6. Macy's
7. Sears
8. T-Mobile
9. IBM
10. Wells Fargo
11. Booz Allen Hamilton
12. Verizon Wireless.
13. Genesis Healthcare
14. HCR ManorCare
15. Lowe's
16. Reyes Transportation
17. Amedisys
18. DaVita
19. UnitedHealth Group
20. JPMorgan Chase
21. Marriott
22. Gentiva Health
23. Walgreen’s Take Care Health Systems
24. Citi
25. Bayada Nurses
26. Friendly's
27. CA State Personnel Board
28. TruGreen
29. Terminix
30. Hilton Hotels
31. Bloomingdale's
32. Columbia University
33. Rotech Healthcare
34. Integris Health
35. Kaiser Permanente
36. Boston Public Schools
37. RadioShack
38. PDS Technical Services
39. Combined Insurance
40. Snap-on Tools
Sources: CareerBuilder, Monster, Indeed, SimplyHired, HotJobs, Google. Excluded: Recruiters, Staffing firms, Training, Franchise, and Work-from-home opportunities.
Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant hiring plans, or employers actively adding large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.
Article: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2010/07/whos-hiring-top-employers-week-of-7-12.html
Source: http://recareered.blogspot.comWho's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity... more
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By Lori Montgomery
updated 8:40 p.m. PT, Sat., June 12, 2010
WASHINGTON - President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid "massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters" and to support the still-fragile economic recovery.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37665192/ns/politics-washington_post#storyContinuedBy Lori Montgomery
updated 8:40 p.m. PT, Sat., June 12, 2010
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Temporary school teachers protest across Italy for the cuts made by the Ministry of Education. Approximately 60,000 jobs lost, of the 130,000 that according to the Government must be cut by 2011. In part, these cuts are absorbed by retirements, but this year are just 35,000, so at least 25,000 people will remain without work. The largest mass layoff in the history of the country.Temporary school teachers protest across Italy for the cuts made by the Ministry of... more
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