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$600 Million in New Spending Not the Way to Create Teen Jobs: Employment Policies Institute Makes Statement on Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act
March 2010 · ·
WASHINGTON – Wednesday night, the House of Representatives passed the Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010 (H.R. 4899). The bill will send $600 million to states to create summer employment opportunities for teens. Michael Saltsman, research fellow at the Employment Policies Institute, made the following statement regarding the legislation: To create jobs for our country’s 1.4 million out-of-work teens, Congress should reconsider laws that make… -
New Teen Employment Numbers Demonstrate Need for Youth-Focused “Jobs” Action: Teen Unemployment Remains High, with 25 Percent Looking and Unable to Find Work
March 2010 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, new employment data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the country’s unemployment rate has held steady at 9.7 percent. But it’s teenagers – minority teenagers, especially – who continue to struggle in their job search. While falling slightly, teen unemployment remains high at 25 percent. Minority teen unemployment is higher still, with 42 percent of these teens looking for work and… -
New Teen Employment Numbers Demonstrate Need for Youth-Focused “Jobs” Action: Teen Unemployment Remains High, with 25 Percent Looking and Unable to Find Work
March 2010 · ·
WASHINGTON – Today, new employment data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the country’s unemployment rate has held steady at 9.7 percent. But it’s teenagers – minority teenagers, especially – who continue to struggle in their job search. While falling slightly, teen unemployment remains high at 25 percent. Minority teen unemployment is higher still, with 42 percent of these teens looking for work and… -
New Survey Shows Employment Gap Between American Teens: Black Teens Spend 60 Percent More Time Unemployed Than White Teens
January 2010 · ·
WASHINGTON, DC – New survey data released yesterday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) paints a troubling picture of the employment gap between white and black teenage Americans. Between 1998 and 2007, black teens without a high school diploma spent 35 percent less time employed than their white counterparts. Even more disturbing, these same black teens spent nearly 60 percent more time unemployed than white teens.… -
New Survey Shows Employment Gap Between American Teens: Black Teens Spend 60 Percent More Time Unemployed Than White Teens
January 2010 · ·
WASHINGTON, DC – New survey data released yesterday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) paints a troubling picture of the employment gap between white and black teenage Americans. Between 1998 and 2007, black teens without a high school diploma spent 35 percent less time employed than their white counterparts. Even more disturbing, these same black teens spent nearly 60 percent more time unemployed than white teens.… -
July Unemployment Numbers Reveal Minimum Wage Impact: Array
August 2009 · ·
Washington, DC – Following today’s announcement that job losses slowed last month, the Employment Policies Institute’s (EPI), www.epionline.org, Senior Research Analyst Kristen Lopez Eastlick released the following statement: “Teens are undoubtedly in the midst of an unemployment crisis. Not only is the teen participation rate – those teens both working and actively looking for employment – down almost 7 percent from July 2008, the teen employment-to-population ratio…