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Minnesota gains 12,100 jobs in January

...Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The department also released revised figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics showing the state gained 16,700 more jobs over the previous 21 months than originally reported.January's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-03-05/minnesota-gains-12100-jobs-january
News
Biz Buzz: Union membership declining in Minnesota, report says

...2 percent of wage and salary workers in the state compared to 15.1 percent in 2011, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report this week. Union membership peaked in the state in 1992 at 22 percent. Union members accounted for 11...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2013-03-15/biz-buzz-union-membership-declin
Business
Recycling old and failed ideas

...the end of his first term. Instead, he has deepened our deficit and national debt. Jobs? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, since Barack Obama took office in 2009, 8.5 million Americans have given up looking for work. Those lucky...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-02-18/recycling-old-and-f
Guest Columns
Scare tactics

...D-Calif. warned that if we fall off the cliff the U.S. would lose 170 million jobs.Strange, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are now 134 million American workers who are employed.More great liberal mathematics.Art BeckerPillager

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-03-07/scare-tactics
Open Forum
8.1 percent, 7.8 percent - whatever

...Unbelievable jobs numbers. These Chicago guys will do anything ... can't debate, so change numbers." The Bureau of Labor Statistics' stands by its calculations. On Fox News, economic journalist Stuart Varney admitted to being a little skeptical...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-10-11/81-percent-78-perce
Guest Columns
Liars figure and figures lie

...Gerald Augustine. The Dispatch regrets the error.Liars figure, figures lieThe Obama administration, using Bureau of Labor Statistics, tells us that inflation is 1.41 percent for July (the latest month figures are available). Boy, 1 percent...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-09-10/liars-figure-and-figur
Open Forum
Snippets from the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C.

...Nonfarm private payrolls hit a post-recession low of 106.8 million that month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figure currently stands at 111.3 million as of July.While that is indeed a gain of 4.5 million...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-09-05/snippets-democratic-convention-ch
Opinion
Job growth slows in August, many give up job search

...persons marginally attached to the labor force." That rate? 15 percent.All of these shell games played by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are just manipulation of numbers. In reality they are families, friends and former associates that are hurting...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-09-07/job-growth-slows-august-many-give
Opinion
It's time for a fair tax plan in U.S.

...this country.With U.S. unemployment holding persistently at 8+percent for over 43 months, and an August Bureau of Labor Statistics report that showed a disappointing 96,000 new jobs created last month with four job seekers dropping out of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-10-05/its-time-fair-tax-plan
Open Forum
Is 7.8 Obama's October surprise or is it a gift from BLS donors?

Last Friday morning's jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is being met with skepticism. The report...statistics? Well, at least two economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) have contributed to President Barack...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-10-07/78-obamas-october-surprise-or-it-
Opinion

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