Labor/Economics

[Number6]

I don't give a fk what Pizza Hut does. They can cut costs following the holiday rush and take the opportunity to blame it on higher wages, but who gives a shit? They have lousy pizza anyway. The place around here that makes good pizza still delivers. You pay up the ass for it, but who cares? You'd blow as much in gas and lost time picking it up over there.

I rarely eat pizza anymore since Costco eliminated their combo pizza. Pizza Hut made a good pizza but it was nothing I'd claim as being great.

This is from the other thread talking about Pizza Hut doing away with 1,200 jobs.

The cost of living in California is high and trying to live on $15 an hour here isn't realistic. Pizza Hut, not California, made the decision to eliminate their driver's jobs. With delivery companies like Uber Eats and others, Pizza Hut could easily save money i n salaries, benefits, as well as on Social Security payments, on those 1,200 delivery jobs. Pizza Hut has about locations in California and most of those are in the areas where there is a medium to high population so companies like Uber Eats could easily take over delivery for Pizza Hut.

What glenn is doing is trying to make Pizza Hut look like a victim of California's liberal policies when the real reason is by doing away with the delivery drivers Pizza Hut is actually saving money. glenn, quit shilling for companies that don't want to pay a living wage to their employees.

You need to find bigger crises to get me all lathered up. How about a leader in the Middle East who was about to be brought up on charges letting a catastrophic attack happen?

But glenn has to do his usual poking his finger in the eye of California and liberals. All I can say is I'm thankful to be living in California and not the backwaters of Mississippi, Alabama, or South Carolina.

[ZoWie]

You too, huh? Jeez, Huntington Beach is bad enough, and I'm sure that right now Mississippi is worse.

The very idea that California is a "liberal" state is not supported by history. Glenn conveniently ignores the whole string of Republican governors who got elected by promising to wipe out all memory of those pesky intellectuals on college campuses.

In the Civil War, Lincoln sent US troops to occupy Los Angeles, because otherwise it would most likely have seceded and rallied all of SoCal to join the Confederacy. There are several monuments to this garrison, notably the ones in and around San Pedro.

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U.S. construction spending rises for 11th month in a row in November

Construction spending rose in November as companies and the government continued to ramp up projects across the U.S.

Spending on construction projects rose 0.4% in November to $2.04 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-c ... r-31395b7d

[Motor City]

Michigan residents wrongly accused of fraud by Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency

About 3,000 unemployment insurance claimants who were wrongly accused of fraud by Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency and then had money and other assets seized will each receive an average of $1,600 in a settlement in a class-action lawsuit, if a judge approves the deal later this month.

The motion for final approval of the class-action settlement, which is unopposed and was filed in December 2023, is the latest development in the lawsuit called Bauserman v. Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency, which was filed in 2015 after as many as 40,000 Michigan residents over a two-year period were wrongly accused of fraud by a state computer system that operated without human supervision and had an error rate as high as 93%.

Nearly a decade later, 3,206 of these claimants appear close to receiving a portion of the $20 million settlement that was approved by the state's Court of Claims nearly a year ago.

Counsel for the class — the law firm Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Bonanni and Rivers — and the state Attorney General had a list of more than 8,000 known class members who were contacted.

The reason not all 40,000 claimants were included in the class list stems from a Michigan Supreme Court decision that limited who could sue based on the timing of when the harm was done, Jennifer Lord, a partner at Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Bonanni and Rivers, said when the settlement was approved.

Those wrongly accused of fraud by Michigan's $47 million computer system, called Michigan Integrated Data Automated System (MiDAS) and implemented by former Gov. Rick Snyder, were subjected to quadruple penalties and many were subjected to aggressive collection techniques such as wage garnishment and seizure of income tax refunds that in some cases led to personal bankruptcy. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the state's UIA because of this system......

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Job openings nudged lower in November, down to 1.4 per available worker

Demand for workers fell to its lowest level in more than 2½ years in November while hirings and layoffs both moved lower, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

The department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed employment listings nudged lower to 8.79 million, about in line with the Dow Jones estimate for 8.8 million and the lowest since March 2021. Openings fell by 62,000, though the rate of vacancies as a measure of employment was unchanged at 5.3%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/03/jolts-n ... orker.html

[ap215]

SpaceX illegally fired workers critical of Elon Musk, US labor agency says

Jan 3 (Reuters) - Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Wednesday was accused by a U.S. labor agency of unlawfully firing eight employees for circulating a letter calling founder and CEO Elon Musk a "distraction and embarrassment."

A regional official with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint claiming SpaceX violated the workers' rights under federal labor law to band together and advocate for better working conditions.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/spac ... 024-01-03/

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Weekly US jobless claims fall to two-month low; labor market steadily cooling

WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped to a two-month low last week, pointing to underlying labor market strength even as demand for workers is easing.

With the report from the Labor Department on Thursday also showing the number of people on unemployment rolls remained elevated towards the end of December, financial markets continued to anticipate that the Federal Reserve would start cutting interest rates in March.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-w ... 024-01-04/

[ap215]

Private payrolls added 164,000 in December, beating expectations, ADP says

Hiring in the private sector rose at a faster-than-expected pace in December, closing out a strong 2023 for the resilient U.S. jobs market, ADP reported Thursday.

Private payrolls increased by 164,000 for the month, a substantial rise from the downwardly revised 101,000 in November and better than the 130,000 estimate from the Dow Jones consensus, according to the payrolls processing firm.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/bu ... s/3736245/

[ZoWie]

In other news, SpaceX is making terrestrial astronomy more difficult, and impossible at times. All the discoveries have to be made by expensive and highly vulnerable spacecraft.

[gounion]

Private payrolls added 164,000 in December, beating expectations, ADP says

Hiring in the private sector rose at a faster-than-expected pace in December, closing out a strong 2023 for the resilient U.S. jobs market, ADP reported Thursday.

Private payrolls increased by 164,000 for the month, a substantial rise from the downwardly revised 101,000 in November and better than the 130,000 estimate from the Dow Jones consensus, according to the payrolls processing firm.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/bu ... s/3736245/

Inflation is back under control, employment and the economy are quite strong. Nothing for the right to run on, except lies.

[Glennfs]

Inflation is back under control, employment and the economy are quite strong. Nothing for the right to run on, except lies.

I wouldn't say under control we were only going to have bidenflation for so long.
How about interest rates are they also under control now.
Bidenflation and bidenomics have not been good for our nation.
The one thing that has been good is the way the jobs which were shut down by the pandemic came back and the job creation on top of them.

As president I would give Biden a C minus. Far better than Trump equal to W Bush.

[gounion]

I wouldn't say under control we were only going to have bidenflation for so long.
How about interest rates are they also under control now.
Bidenflation and bidenomics have not been good for our nation.
The one thing that has been good is the way the jobs which were shut down by the pandemic came back and the job creation on top of them.

As president I would give Biden a C minus. Far better than Trump equal to W Bush.

How so? Bush DESTROYED the economy, completely and totally. Yet you falsely try to equate the two.

[Motor City]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDL90-Gz2-U

Perry High School student describes the shooting that took place in her Iowa high school

A Perry High School student describes hiding in a small room with three other students and a counselor after gunfire erupted before the start of classes this morning.

A law enforcement official says the suspect in a shooting at an Iowa high school shooting has died. Police in Perry, Iowa, say multiple people were shot at the city’s high school, on students’ first day back in classes after their annual winter break.

A spokesperson said two gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to a hospital in the state capital of Des Moines, about 40 miles southeast of Perry. In Perry, Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante says an active shooter was reported at Perry High School before school started on Thursday and officers responded about seven minutes later.

The shooting occurred in the backdrop of the Iowa caucuses and not far from where Republican candidates were campaigning.

[Motor City]

Inflation is back under control, employment and the economy are quite strong. Nothing for the right to run on, except lies.

Bidens lack of fighting economic blockades may be something.

There has been an economic blockade in the United States against adjusting the federal minimum wage for 15 years now.

Economic blockades that have rendered millions of Americans homeless, destitute and hungry and has them roaming the streets in spite of working full time jobs, economic blockades that have delivered10s of millions of Americans to poverty.

There have been millions of jobs created but administered by tyrants and at the behest of their whims and politics and prejudices, and with inadequate pay, medical and benefits that would in a normal world be considered fraud.

To run against this they dont even need lies. The status quo is destroying the electorate that would otherwise have an opportunity to oppose them.

[gounion]

Bidens lack of fighting economic blockades may be something.

There has been an economic blockade in the United States against adjusting the federal minimum wage for 15 years now.

Economic blockades that have rendered millions of Americans homeless, destitute and hungry and has them roaming the streets in spite of working full time jobs, economic blockades that have delivered10s of millions of Americans to poverty.

There have been millions of jobs created but administered by tyrants and at the behest of their whims and politics and prejudices, and with inadequate pay, medical and benefits that would in a normal world be considered fraud.

To run against this they dont even need lies. The status quo is destroying the electorate that would otherwise have an opportunity to oppose them.

Only so much you can do when you don't control Congress. A president isn't a king, no matter what Trump says.

[Glennfs]

Bidens lack of fighting economic blockades may be something.

There has been an economic blockade in the United States against adjusting the federal minimum wage for 15 years now.

Economic blockades that have rendered millions of Americans homeless, destitute and hungry and has them roaming the streets in spite of working full time jobs, economic blockades that have delivered10s of millions of Americans to poverty.

There have been millions of jobs created but administered by tyrants and at the behest of their whims and politics and prejudices, and with inadequate pay, medical and benefits that would in a normal world be considered fraud.

To run against this they dont even need lies. The status quo is destroying the electorate that would otherwise have an opportunity to oppose them.

A person would have a hard time finding a job that only pays the federal minimum wage. So that point is moot.

People are not homeless because of economics in most instances. They are homeless because of mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse.

Those millions of jobs is just another unproven cliché. That while believed by liberals just isn't the case. Also not every job is able or should be able to support a family of 4. Many jobs are simply part time jobs people take to supplement their families income. Case in point I Uber.

[gounion]

A person would have a hard time finding a job that only pays the federal minimum wage. So that point is moot.

People are not homeless because of economics in most instances. They are homeless because of mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse.

Those millions of jobs is just another unproven cliché. That while believed by liberals just isn't the case. Also not every job is able or should be able to support a family of 4. Many jobs are simply part time jobs people take to supplement their families income. Case in point I Uber.

People are homeless because the price of housing far outstrips their wages. I mean, you have to pay well over a thousand a month here for a one-bedroom apartment. Lots of people working and living in their cars.

[Toonces]

People are homeless for a myriad of reasons and it does a disservice to dismiss any of the reasons.

There should be no reason for there to be unhoused people, regardless of the cause.

And yes, some prefer to be homeless, though that isn't common and generally relates to one of the other reasons.

Still, though, if people are being priced out of home ownership, that's another win in the capitalist column, isn't it? Yay, Capitalism! (*may be sarcastic)

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Thank you Kos.

HAPPY NEW JOBS!! 99 Million Democratic Jobs. 33.3 Million Republican Jobs. (Since 1921...)

The story writes itself.

Because Democrats care about workers, their policies generally support job growth...thus the creation of 99 Million jobs in 51 years of Democratic Presidencies since 1921.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1 ... medium=web

[gounion]

People are homeless for a myriad of reasons and it does a disservice to dismiss any of the reasons.

There should be no reason for there to be unhoused people, regardless of the cause.

And yes, some prefer to be homeless, though that isn't common and generally relates to one of the other reasons.

Still, though, if people are being priced out of home ownership, that's another win in the capitalist column, isn't it? Yay, Capitalism! (*may be sarcastic)

Well, what's happening here is that it costs FAR more to rent than it does to buy. My house payment is as cheap as a one-bedroom apartment here, and I've got a brand new two story, four-bedroom, three bath and two car garage with a yard. It's nice.

But corporations are buying up homes and renting them out for twice the price of house payments. So, first, you have to have really good credit and a down payment, which is hard for a lot of people to come by. Then, you've got quite a few people bidding on each home.

I'm glad I have an HOA, as it doesn't allow the homes to be rented or leased, except on a short-term and unusual circumstance. They demand the actual owners live in the homes, as they will care for the homes far better than renters tend to do.

[Glennfs]

Thank you Kos.

HAPPY NEW JOBS!! 99 Million Democratic Jobs. 33.3 Million Republican Jobs. (Since 1921...)

The story writes itself.

Because Democrats care about workers, their policies generally support job growth...thus the creation of 99 Million jobs in 51 years of Democratic Presidencies since 1921.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1 ... medium=web

Welcome to figures don't lie but liars figure. Case in point the number of jobs democrats claim have been created since Biden took office.
While his administration has done a good job on jobs. Claiming the jobs that started back up after the pandemic is not only bogus but it hurts his credibility

[gounion]

Welcome to figures don't lie but liars figure. Case in point the number of jobs democrats claim have been created since Biden took office.
While his administration has done a good job on jobs. Claiming the jobs that started back up after the pandemic is not only bogus but it hurts his credibility

Look in the mirror. You refused to admit that the pandemic and production and distribution problems was the real cause of gas prices going up, but you demanded that ALL blame went to Biden.

Now you turn the rules completely around on jobs.

[Glennfs]

Look in the mirror. You refused to admit that the pandemic and production and distribution problems was the real cause of gas prices going up, but you demanded that ALL blame went to Biden.

Now you turn the rules completely around on jobs.

Joe Biden called for a war on oil before he was inaugurated. Biden’s energy policies had more to do with gas prices and inflation than the pandemic.

[gounion]

Joe Biden called for a war on oil before he was inaugurated. Biden’s energy policies had more to do with gas prices and inflation than the pandemic.

Denial, denial denial.

Did you know that under Joe Biden the USA is producing more oil than ever in our history?

[Toonces]

I'd like to see the charts and graphs showing Biden's energy policies that lead to a worldwide increase in oil prices/gas prices.

I get that there is some US-centricity about it, but do keep in mind that things happen OUTSIDE the USA that the USA has nothing to do with. Conversely, things happen in the USA that also happen outside the USA. Like inflation and gas prices. The world contains more than just one country. I have charts and graphs that prove it.