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African American Teen Unemployment More Than Six Times the National Rate: Mandated Minimum Wage Hikes Will Exacerbate Problem
May 2006
Washington DC – While 138,000 new jobs were created in April and overall unemployment remains steady at 4.7%, the unemployment rate among African American teens remains shockingly high at 29.5%, according to the Labor Department’s April jobs report. While overall teenage unemployment continues to hover around 12%, African American teen unemployment remains more than six times the national rate. This translates into approximately 262,000 African American teenagers… -
African American Teen Unemployment More Than Six Times the National Rate: Mandated Minimum Wage Hikes Will Exacerbate Problem
May 2006
Washington DC – While 138,000 new jobs were created in April and overall unemployment remains steady at 4.7%, the unemployment rate among African American teens remains shockingly high at 29.5%, according to the Labor Department’s April jobs report. While overall teenage unemployment continues to hover around 12%, African American teen unemployment remains more than six times the national rate. This translates into approximately 262,000 African American teenagers… -
U.S. House Panel Holds Hearing on Impact of Employer Healthcare Mandates: Employment Policies Institute testifies employer mandates are expensive, cost jobs, and ignore the vast majority of uninsured
May 2006
Washington, DC – A panel under the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing today on the impact of employer-provided healthcare mandates. Craig Garthwaite, research fellow in economics for the Employment Policies Institute [EPI], testified on the resultant job loss, immense cost, and overall ineffectiveness of these mandates in covering the uninsured. Skyrocketing healthcare costs put low-skilled Americans out of work. “Attempting to rely… -
U.S. House Panel Holds Hearing on Impact of Employer Healthcare Mandates: Employment Policies Institute testifies employer mandates are expensive, cost jobs, and ignore the vast majority of uninsured
May 2006
Washington, DC – A panel under the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing today on the impact of employer-provided healthcare mandates. Craig Garthwaite, research fellow in economics for the Employment Policies Institute [EPI], testified on the resultant job loss, immense cost, and overall ineffectiveness of these mandates in covering the uninsured. Skyrocketing healthcare costs put low-skilled Americans out of work. “Attempting to rely… -
Activist Group ACORN Returns to Missouri Despite ’03 Voter Fraud Allegations: Missouri Just One Chapter in ACORN’s History of Ties to Voter Fraud, Union Busting, Embezzlement and Federal Grant Violations
May 2006
Washington, DC –As the activist group ACORN again descends on Missouri—this time to collect signatures for a minimum wage hike ballot initiative—the Employment Policies Institute released a brief history of the trail of shady activities ACORN has blazed in their campaigns. ACORN and Minimum Wage Hypocrisy – ACORN is a vocal proponent of a “living wage”—except when it applies to them. ACORN actually sued the state of… -
Activist Group ACORN Returns to Missouri Despite ’03 Voter Fraud Allegations: Missouri Just One Chapter in ACORN’s History of Ties to Voter Fraud, Union Busting, Embezzlement and Federal Grant Violations
May 2006
Washington, DC –As the activist group ACORN again descends on Missouri—this time to collect signatures for a minimum wage hike ballot initiative—the Employment Policies Institute released a brief history of the trail of shady activities ACORN has blazed in their campaigns. ACORN and Minimum Wage Hypocrisy – ACORN is a vocal proponent of a “living wage”—except when it applies to them. ACORN actually sued the state of…