During the historic gathering of 3 #UnitedStates presidents last night, pro- #Palestinian protesters interrupted the event. Again, instead of ignoring their protestations, the presidents addressed the concerns.
All 3 men remarked on the #Israel#Hamas#war in #Gaza, reflecting on the difficulty of trying to solve intractable challenges such as #MiddleEast#peace as #POTUS. #Biden said there have been “too many innocent victims, Israeli & Palestinian,” in the conflict.
#Obama said, “Sometimes we forget where we started, & where we are now. You've got record-breaking #job growth. You've got an #unemployment rate that is as low as it has been."
There are "structural problems" that frustrate people, Obama said, incl’g the suppression of #unions. That's something #Biden has specifically battled against, he said.
Only 31% Expect Improved Communal Ties, 57% Not Hopeful of a Better Job in Next 5 Years: Survey
Only 79% of urban Indians are intending to cast their votes this time around, according to the YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey, conducted in December.
Rural job scheme in huge demand, hints at ongoing distress in villages
MGNREGS has generated 40 crore persondays of work more than the pre-pandemic (2019-20) level - suggesting a continuing rural distress, and that job opportunities in the cities may not have returned to normal.
#SouthAfrica: #Vodacom CEO paid more in year than most earn in entire career, profits growing, sends 80 into #unemployment where they will struggle to find work, be danger of losing their homes
Today in Labor History March 11, 1811: Luddites attacked looms near Nottingham, England, because automation was threatening their jobs. At the time, workers were suffering from high unemployment, declining wages, an “endless” war with France and food scarcity. On March 11, they smashed machines in Nottingham and demonstrated for job security and higher wages. The protests and property destruction spread across a 70-mile area of England, reaching Manchester. The government sent troops to protect the factories and made machine-breaking punishable by death.
Indians Forced To Resort To Low-Paying Self-Employment As Well-Paying Jobs Have Declined: Report
A civic action forum in a recently released report busted several claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the years on the status of employment, national minimum floor wage and GDP.
Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare
... We leverage spatial variation in the severity of the Great #Recession across the United States to examine impact on mortality and explore implications for the health consequences of recessions... an increase in the #unemployment rate ... reduces average, annual age-adjusted mortality rate by 2.3 percent, with effects persisting for at least 10 years...
#EU#Italy#Fascism#AI#Unemployment#Algorithms#Solutionism: "Back in April, the far-right Brothers of Italy party presented “Notes on a Conservative Program”. In a chapter on work, they called for an “artificial intelligence system” that “traces the list of young people who finish high school and university every year and connects them to companies in the sector.” This, the authors of the chapter wrote, would finally solve "youth unemployment,” as “the young person will no longer be able to choose whether to work or not, but [will be] bound to accept the job offer for himself (sic), for his family and for the country, under penalty of loss of all benefits with the application of a system of sanctions.”
The proposal did not make it to the final program that Brothers of Italy published prior to the election on 25 September, when they became Italy’s largest party with 26% of the vote.
Ironically, the neofascists most likely had intended to use Artificial Intelligence to “create a fog around them, around what they are and what they want, because they want to attract a more moderate right-wing electorate,” says sociologist Antonio Casilli. Guido Crosetto, the Brothers of Italy co-founder who edited the work chapter, is not considered knowledgeable on technology, though he once tweeted about being “in favor of introducing artificial intelligence to the Ministry of Justice”. Unlike in other countries, there is no noticeable overlap between the Italian tech scene and far-right parties like Lega Nord and Brothers of Italy."
Five months into #unemployment I still have no job despite having applied to over 500 roles, often with internal referrals from my network. If anyone on here has any connections that are hiring data roles I'd love an intro. Here's my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetim/#jobsearch