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JobsGov. Lynch Announces Workers, Businesses Will Be Able to Enroll in First Part of NH Working on Monday
CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch today announced that starting Monday workers and businesses will able to enroll in the first part of New Hampshire Working, the Governor’s jobs initiative.
Gov. Lynch, joined by lawmakers and Employment Security Commissioner Tara Reardon, announced the launch of the enrollment process that will allow workers to participate in up to six weeks of on-the-job training from a potential employer while continuing to collect unemployment benefits. This launch represents one part of the Governor’s three-part jobs initiative. “This initiative will reduce the upfront costs companies bear in training new workers – making it easier for them to hire. And it will allow workers to get their foot in the door at company looking to hire, giving them the opportunity to show their skills,” Gov. Lynch said. New Hampshire Working leverages existing resources to help businesses and workers recover from the recession. “The funding required for these programs is money we are already spending – but with New Hampshire Working we’re spending it better, in a way that is helping companies and workers, and reducing costs for taxpayers,” Gov. Lynch said. Governor and Council Approve Funding for North Country Business Launching Pad, NH Talent Team
For Immediate Release
Federal Funds Will Be Used to Implement Two Innovative Workforce Development Programs CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council today approved the use federal Workforce Investment Act funds to establish two new innovative programs to help North Country residents build their own businesses and connect North Country workers with jobs. White Mountain Community College in Berlin will administer the two new programs: The North Country Business Launch Pad and the New Hampshire Talent Team. “Even before the onset of this recession, the North Country’s economy lagged behind the rest of the state. We must work to ensure economic recovery comes to every part of New Hampshire, which is why are launching these two new efforts to help North Country citizens build their own businesses and to connect North Country workers with jobs,” said Gov. Lynch. The North Country Launch Pad will assist residents of Coos, northern Grafton and Carroll counties in starting their own businesses. The college will work with entrepreneurs to develop business plans, to help them develop marketing plans, and to connect them with financing and other resources. Gregg, the attention hogI don't, typically, hog the front page with blog posts. However, Gregg prompts me to make an exception and use the tools that will provide exposure of his posturing for the longest period of time.
By monica smith at 03/04/2010 - 06:09 | Economy | Fiscal responsibility | Health care | Jobs | Republicans | Video | monica smith's blog | login or register to post comments | read more
Gov. Lynch lauds senate’s initial passage of NH working jobs initiative
For Immediate Release
Gov. Lynch Lauds Senate’s Initial Passage of NH Working Jobs Initiative Governor’s Initiative Aims to Help Companies Avert Layoffs, Help Unemployed Find New Jobs CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch today applauded the Senate’s passage of legislation implementing New Hampshire Working, the Governor’s jobs initiative that will help companies and workers in the current economic downturn. “Our number one focus continues to be helping companies and workers recover from this recession. New Hampshire Working will help companies and employees work together to avoid layoffs, make it easier for companies to hire new workers and for workers to find new jobs and ensure New Hampshire workers have the skills they need to compete for good jobs,” Gov. Lynch said. “I want to thank senators for supporting this legislation that will help get New Hampshire people working again.” New Hampshire Working leverages existing resources to help businesses and workers recover from the recession. Creating the Economy of our Future: A Community ConversationThu, 03/04/2010 - 7:00am Portsmouth Public Library, Hilton Garden Room, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth WHAT: Creating the Economy of our Future: A Community Conversation WHEN: Thursday, March 4th, 7 – 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Portsmouth Public Library, Hilton Garden Room, 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth The current economic crisis is different from any recession the U. S. has experienced since the Great Depression. We are at an economic crossroad in the United States. Families in New Hampshire and across the nation are facing unemployment, additional layoffs, and few job openings. At the same time unemployment benefits and COBRA subsidies are running out. Join us as we discuss current state and national job creation proposals, ways to save the jobs we have in our state and how to make sure families in our communities are able to pay the rent and see the doctor while they are between jobs. Panelists: David Desiderato, Northeast Action Joe Casey, President of the NH Building Trades Celina Ponce, Reform Immigration for America They will discuss the underlying economy and an array of public initiatives that create jobs and strengthen the workforce: winning health care reform, advancing climate change and green jobs, greatly expanding educational opportunities, renewing infrastructure, reviving distressed communities, expanding worker rights, achieving immigration reform, and redressing trade imbalances. Union for the unemployedSOURCE: AlterNet The Unemployed Now Have Their Own Union, and It's Catching on Quickly
The Unemployed Now Have Their Own Union, and It's Catching on Quickly, By Harry Kelber, Labor Educator, Posted on February 24, 2010 It's been only a month that a union for the unemployed has come into existence through an ingenious grassroots organizing campaign. In case you haven't heard about it, the union's name is "UR Union of the Unemployed" or its nickname, "UCubed," because of its unique method of organizing. UCubed is the brain-child of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), whose leaders feel that the millions of unemployed workers need a union of their own to join in the struggle for massive jobs programs. The idea is that if millions of jobless join together and act as an organization, they are more likely to get Congress and the White House to provide the jobs that are urgently needed. They can also apply pressure for health insurance coverage, unemployment insurance and COBRA benefits and food stamps. An unemployed worker is virtually helpless if he or she has to act alone. SHAHEEN: WELLPOINT’S NEW HAMPSHIRE RATE HIKES ARE WHY WE NEED REFORM NOW
SOURCE:Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Press Release: February 24, 2010 By admin at 02/24/2010 - 17:14 | Corporations | Democrats | Economy | Health care | Jobs | Labor | login or register to post comments | read more
N.H.--We're better than these guys!By monica smith at 02/24/2010 - 17:14 | Economy | Fiscal responsibility | Jobs | Video | login or register to post comments
A fact: Stimulus created jobs
SOURCE: Boston.com
February 21, 2010 THE NUMBERS are in, and there can no longer be any doubt that President Obama’s stimulus bill, passed just over a year ago, helped pull America from the brink of economic catastrophe, in part by creating millions of jobs that would not otherwise have existed. All of the major economic research firms that have studied the stimulus’ effect have come to this conclusion. The specific estimates vary, but it’s clear that the stimulus created somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.6 million jobs so far, and will generate around 2.5 million in the long run. (The administration’s generous estimate is 3.5 million.) Joblessness is still sky-high, of course, and the United States is by no means out of the woods economically. It’s understandable that Americans whose situations haven’t been visibly improved by the bill want to rail against it and outsized government spending, and the stimulus certainly wasn’t without its flaws. Still, though, it’s ridiculous to deny, as many have, that adding 2.5 million jobs was a poor use of government funds, or that the bill’s other features, which ranged from expanded COBRA health benefits for laid-off workers to money to forestall layoffs of teachers, firefighters, and police officers, helped many Americans to stay on their feet. Stimulus opponents, often motivated by strictly ideological or political concerns, have repeatedly claimed that the bill didn’t create a single job that the economy wouldn’t have created anyway. This isn’t true, and it should be beyond the bounds of political debate to claim it. ARRA--one year later
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By monica smith at 02/18/2010 - 17:11 | Economy | Fiscal responsibility | Jobs | Video | login or register to post comments | read more
In Honor of Presidents' Day--William J. Clinton '92By monica smith at 02/15/2010 - 13:13 | Democrats | Economy | Jobs | Poverty | Video | monica smith's blog | login or register to post comments
Gov. Lynch Talks Jobs in Portsmouth
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Governor Discusses New Hampshire Working, New Jobs Initiative to Help Companies And Workers CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch and Employment Security Commissioner Tara Reardon today met with unemployed workers in Portsmouth to discuss how the Governor’s new jobs initiative will help companies and workers. The initiative, New Hampshire Working, is a three-part approach to help businesses in this economic downturn and help New Hampshire citizens stay at work if they already have jobs, return to work if they are unemployed and ensure that they are ready to work at new jobs. “There are signs that our economy is beginning to recover from this national recession, but we cannot rest until every New Hampshire citizen who wants a jobs, gets a job,” Gov. Lynch said. “As we begin the recovery, we are mindful that there are still business owners who are struggling to keep their workers on the job, workers who have lost their jobs, business owners who need to train workers in new skill and workers who don’t have the skills they required for new jobs.” The Many Faces of Shafmaster LLC
In a previous diary I called attention to the fact that our (the American people's) generosity, dispensed via low interest loans from the Commerce Department's Fisheries Program, had been repaid by the Shafmaster enterprises by polluting the waters of Great Bay. That is, to recap, Jonathan S. Shafmaster, either in his own name or as Lordco Pier Associates, had collected, over a period of six years, at least nine million dollars in low interest loans from the U.S. Department of Commerce and yet couldn't manage to keep from fouling the Bay.
By monica smith at 02/01/2010 - 07:20 | Corporations | Environment | Jobs | Taxes | monica smith's blog | login or register to post comments | read more
Repower America Clean Energy Economy RoundtableWed, 11/18/2009 - 7:00pm SEA Solar Store, 187 New Rochester Rd (Rte 108), Dover, NH 03820 Join Repower America, the Green Alliance and members of the seacoast business community for a round table discussion on the economic benefits of clean energy.
Sarah Brown, project director for the Green Alliance, will talk about how small businesses have contributed to the growth of the seacoast green economy. Jan Pendlebury, senior field associate for the Pew Environment Group/Pew Charitable Trusts, will discuss research showing how the emerging clean energy economy has already created hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide. Jeff Haydock of Waterline Renewable Energies will provide an overview of his company's work providing renewable energy solutions to customers across New England. The floor will be open for discussion, providing local residents and business leaders with the opportunity to share their own stories. This is a great chance to get involved in Repower America's campaign to build broad-based grassroots support for comprehensive federal clean energy and climate legislation that will create 1.7 new clean energy jobs! How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist's
Since I don't have health insurance and haven't been to a hairstylist in over fifty years, it took me a while to bother reading this KOS diary. It is not to be missed and needs to be passed on to everyone you know.
By monica smith at 07/08/2009 - 06:16 | Action alerts | Health care | Jobs | Poverty | monica smith's blog | login or register to post comments | read more
Workshop To Ensure Federal Stimulus Funds Are Used Effectively
SOURCE: PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release DR. JAMES HANSEN on Climate Change--LectureThu, 04/02/2009 - 11:00am Representatives Hall of the State House (Capitol Bldg) He is speaking in Concord, this Thursday at 11:00-12:00 in Representatives Hall of the State House (Capitol Bldg) that is at 107 N Main St. Concord. Please don't miss this wonderful opportunity! - and bring as many friends and family as you can! If we can have a very large turnout, it will send an important signal - that we in NH are ready to address climate change! Gov. Lynch Announces Increase In Unemployment Benefits For NH Citizens
For Immediate Release
CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch announced today that he has signed an agreement with the federal government increasing unemployment benefits for New Hampshire citizens. The increase is part of the federal stimulus package signed into law by President Obama last week. "This is the worst national recession since the Great Depression. New Hampshire families and businesses are being impacted and I believe strongly we should do what we can to assist families through these difficult economic times and increasing unemployment benefits is one way we can do exactly that," Gov. Lynch said. "This modest increase will better enable our hard-working men and women to provide for their families as they look for a new job." As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, unemployment benefits are increasing $25 a week through calendar year 2009. The increase, which is federally funded, begins this week and will appear in checks within the next couple of weeks. The $25 increases applies to all benefit payments including first 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits and the 20-week federal extension. Thanks, but no thanks, AIA.
The AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION ads on KOS are hard to miss. Either they're at the top of the page or somewhere on the left-hand side. Which is not to say I object to them. Really, the only thing that's objectionable is that they're really hard to capture. FLASH is not susceptible to copy and paste. So, I ended up refreshing the page about a dozen times to get the exact verbiage. The reason I bothered is because I really don't think the ads here ought to go without the critique we apply to other media offerings.
By monica smith at 12/26/2008 - 16:17 | Environment | Jobs | monica smith's blog | login or register to post comments | read more
"Protecting" Nuclear Energy
This is a story of the needle that wasn't found. For some time now, I'm been referring to the Homeland Security war on terror effort as searching for needles in haystacks that haven't yet been built. That's how the whole rigamarole at the airports and screening at the entrances of public buildings, in addition to the electronic home invasions and surveillance, come across when I consider the matter objectively.
But now I'm thinking of the three nations in the "axis of evil" whose possession or yearning for nuclear weapons of mass destruction was the motivation for our search and destroy mission into Iraq; as well as some apparently fruitless negotiations with South Korea and Iran. Because now that we know there were no weapons to find in Iraq, it raises the question of what recourse anyone has when a search and destroy mission not only comes up empty, but was actually undertaken with full knowledge that the search would be fruitless. It also raises the question of motivation. Why search when you know there's nothing there?
By monica smith at 12/07/2008 - 08:47 | Jobs | News | Trade | monica smith's blog | login or register to post comments | read more
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