jobs

Green Jobs Bill?

By: Nate Beeler 09/12/11 7:14 PM

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Voters will pick between the Obama and GOP job strategies

By: Diana Furchtgott-Roth 09/08/11 10:38 PM

Contrasts between President Barack Obama’s job creation proposals and those of Republican presidential candidates have never been clearer. With Obama’s Thursday address to a joint session of Congress, following Republicans’ Wednesday debate, Americans have a choice of two divergent paths. The president’s path — more government spending — has not led to economic prosperity. The other — lower taxes and regulatory reform — just might. Read More

Economic posturing dominates our capital’s political scene

By: Martin Schram 09/07/11 9:43 PM

When official Washington traipsed back to town after Labor Day, it stared into the face of one of the capital’s ugliest big pictures: Zero jobs created in August; 53 percent of Americans telling pollsters they disapprove of the job President Barack Obama is doing; 62 percent disapproving of his handling of the economy; 68 percent disapproving of the way Congress Republicans are doing their jobs. Read More

What to Tune In or Out

By: Nate Beeler 09/07/11 8:34 PM

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San Francisco youth unemployment picture dire as economy flails

By: Amy Crawford 09/07/11 8:00 PM

Arianne Cheek spent the whole summer looking for a job. “I applied, like, every single business,” said Cheek, 16. “I applied online, walked into random places. I figured it couldn’t be too hard — there are so many places!” But whenever she found a job opening, Cheek said, they told her she was too young. “I am pretty demoralized,” she said. Read More

Record-low percentage of employed Californians; women hit hardest

By: Staff report 09/06/11 9:14 PM

WHAT: Only 55.4 percent of working-age Californians had a job in July, down from 56.2 percent a year earlier and the lowest level since 1976. The state has 12 percent unemployment, compared with 9.1 percent nationwide. HOW: The state lost 1.4 million jobs during the recession that began in 2008 and has only regained 226,800, said the California Budget Project. A large portion of job losses were in local government, health care, retail and financial services. Read More

A Labor Day wish for more job opportunities

By: SF Examiner Editorial 09/03/11 9:00 PM

Tomorrow is Labor Day, the unofficial end of the summer and a celebration of America’s working men and women. Americans will relax and enjoy themselves on their day off, but this will come as little consolation for the 14 million Americans currently unemployed. Read More

Solyndra bankruptcy shows stimulus failure

By: SF Examiner Editorial 09/01/11 9:00 PM

"Every day that you build this expanded facility, you’re demonstrating that the promise of clean energy isn’t just an article of faith.” President Barack Obama told this to employees of Solyndra at the company’s solar panel plant in Fremont last May, “It’s happening right now. The future is here.” Read More