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Mass Layoffs (Monthly)

January 28, 2009
In December, there were 2,275 mass layoff actions, involving 226,117 workers. Mass layoff events decreased by 58 over the month, while initial claims increased slightly by 478. Over the year, mass layoff events increased by 806, and initial claims increased by 80,201. Layoff activity in manufacturing rose for the fifth consecutive month. Full Text »

Union Membership (Annual)

January 28, 2009
In 2008, union members accounted for 12.4 percent of employed wage and salary workers, up from 12.1 percent a year earlier. The number of workers belonging to a union rose by 428,000 to 16.1 million. When the series began in 1983, the union membership rate was 20.1 percent, and there were 17.7 million union workers. Full Text »

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Mass layoffs in 2008

January 29, 2009
In 2008, the total number of mass layoff events, at 21,137, reached its highest annual level since 2001. Full Text »

Spending on Cell Phone Services...

...Has Exceeded Spending on Residential Phone Services

Spending on Cell Phone Services Cellular phone expenditures of consumers surpassed spending on residential landline phone services beginning in 2007. Read more ยป

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