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U.S. Department of Labor issues regulations increasing flexibility of national Registered Apprenticeship system
 
     
   U.S. Department of Labor announces $125
 million President's Community-Based Job
 Training Grants competition		  
   (Deadline extended to 4pm ET, December 3)  
     
  On October 10, 2008, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced the fourth competition for the President’s Community-Based Job Training Grants. Click here for the press release.  
     
     
     
 
Click here for information on the WIRED initiative
Wired Talent Driving Prosperity
 
 
     
 
Latest Labor Market Data
Consumer Price Index:
-1.0%
  
Oct 2008
Unemployment Rate:
6.5%

 
Oct 2008
Payroll Employment:
-240,000(p)

 
Oct 2008
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.04(p)

 
Oct 2008
Producer Price Index:
-2.8%(p)

 
Oct 2008
Employment Cost Index:
+0.7%

 
2nd Qtr/2008
Productivity:
+1.3%

 
3rd Qtr/2008
U.S. Import Price Index:
-4.7%

 
Oct 2008
Other DOL Statistics:

 
Unemployment Initial Claims:
509,000

 
November 29, 2008
UI Claims 4-Week Average:
 524,500   November 29, 2008
Federal Minimum Wage:
$6.55
  
Current
p — preliminary; c — corrected
 


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