Idea is to find workers green jobs and retrain those who lose auto-related ones
Indiana is among three states sharing a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help workers find green jobs and retrain workers affected by the automobile industry contraction, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Wednesday.
The State Labor Market Information Improvement [...]
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Indiana one of handful of states “emerging” from recession, according to prominent forecasting firm; nearly all NWI casinos post October revenue gains, even as Majestic goes into loan default; officials in Schneider [...]
Efforts to grow Indiana’s economy during a rough recession are starting to pay off: Moody’s Economy.com, an economic forecasting firm, recently said Indiana is one of 11 states “emerging” from recession. Gov. Mitch Daniels said it’s because Indiana is “fighting this recession to win.”
Women are on track to become a majority of unionized workers in the next 10 years, signaling their growing clout in the labor movement.
The shift, outlined in a report Tuesday from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, could see organized labor focus more intensely on issues important to women as unions look to broaden [...]
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As unemployment tops 10 percent for the first time since 1983, Indiana economists predict a weak recovery in 2010; despite voters’ dislike of regional transit district, area businesspeople favor mass transit; local [...]
“Things will be getting better, but they still won’t be really good,” said Bill Witte, co-director of the Center for Econometric Model Research at IU. A panel of economists predicted growth next year will top 3 percent, but only above the current low level, and that a full recovery will take three to five years.
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Regional development district touted as key to getting millions in federal cash to NWI; tourism consultant offers branding ideas for Indiana Dunes and Porter County; Gary Mayor Clay promises Jackson [...]
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Indiana’s jobless rate down again, bucking national trend; NWI tourism bureaus battle to attract $1 billion and countless jobs; a new plan for revitalizing Gary—and the region—unveiled. Lake County officials approve $180 [...]
Indiana has bucked the national trend with three straight months of declining unemployment
Jobless rates in Indiana and Illinois appear to be heading in opposite directions, according to data the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday.
Preliminary and seasonally adjusted data show Indiana’s jobless rate stood at 9.6 percent in September, down 0.3 percent from August, [...]
Employment
Lake County
July 2009
Labor Force: 229,946
Employed: 205,894
Unemployed: 24,052
Rate: 10.5 percent
July 2008
Labor Force: 231,487
Employed: 217,611
Unemployed: 13,876
Rate: 6.0 percent
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