The Physical and Emotional Costs of Long-Term Unemployment

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CNN and the New York Times report new research that shows that long-term unemployment doesn’t just impact the jobless in the short-term, but has deep implications for the lifelong health and well-being of an individual as well as their children and families. One study by a sociologist at Albany, Kate W. Strully, found that people who lose their jobs are 83 percent more likely to develop stress-induced conditions, such as diabetes, arthritis, or depression.
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We’re Still Waiting On Those Green Jobs

Posted on November 11, 2010 by yvonnegrapher

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Green jobs are in the news, again. This time, Monica Potts asks where is the green economy, that was sold to America by Obama and company, in the American Prospect.

Two years ago, the rage was green jobs not jails, a clever framework by the racial justice movement to refocus environmental advocates to think about humans, not just the dolphins and rainforests, in our transition to a post-fossil fuel society. Today, however, millions have been funneled into green job training, but to what end? I’ve written on the need for green job creation, not just training before, as has Jonathan Yee on the history of job training, post-Reagan.
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Tesla Revives NUMMI Plant, But Will Workers of Color Benefit?

Posted on May 21, 2010 by yvonnegrapher

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California’s only auto plant will reopen, this time producing electric cars. Tesla Motors announced yesterday that they purchased the shuttered NUMMI factory in Fremont, California with a $50 million investment from Toyota. Advocates for a green economy see this as a victory, an investment in manufacturing and job creation for the Bay Area. 50 new workers will be hired every month, adding up to 1,000 employed in green jobs at the end of a few years.
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