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Depth of recession impacting local food pantries
NILES – Thanksgiving is three weeks away and some local food banks are facing a desperate situation. Their supply is dangerously low. WSBT took a closer look at why the need is so great when the economy seems to be improving.
Bare shelves at the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment Benefits, The Salvation Army, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Indiana adjusts unemployment insurance policies
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterWhat might appear to be major changes to Indiana’s unemployment insurance policies is really more a case of getting rid of any loopholes that exist in current policy, says Valerie Kroeger, spokeswoman with the Indiana Department of Workforce...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Legislation, Insurance, Wages and Pensions
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Latest AM General layoffs will impact local economy
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – The push to get U.S. troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan will cost hundreds of local workers their jobs. AM General announced Thursday morning that about 350 workers on the military side of the company will be laid off.
The cuts...Tags: Business, Career and Workplace, Joe Donnelly, Companies and Corporations, Government Debt
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Indiana legislator suggests work-share program
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana legislator is suggesting the state adopt a program used elsewhere that allows workers to receive partial unemployment if their employer reduces the work hours to avoid layoffs. The proposal, however, received a...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment Benefits, Laws
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Michigan shrinks safety net for poor as poverty rises
LANSING, Mich.. (AP) — Michele Shoemaker spent Wednesday packing, faced with a weekend deadline to leave the simple two-bedroom rental in Jackson where she and her 15-year-old son have lived for five years. About to be cut off from welfare and...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Social Security, Social Issues, Government Health Care, Politics
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Employees get used to cuts, changes at Whirlpool
BERRIEN COUNTY – A Whirlpool spokesperson said the economy is hurting business, but now workers in Benton Harbor and across the U.S. and Canada will have to get used to changes and cuts.
The company won't say how many people lost their jobs or...Tags: Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs, Employees
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Indiana jobless rate creeps up to 8.3 percent
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of unemployed Hoosiers grew slightly last month while remaining well below the national average.
Click here to see a ranking of Indiana counties by unemployment rate.
Click here to see an Indiana county map with...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment Benefits, Chicago Jobs, Employment, St. Joseph County (Indiana)
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Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of...Tags: Minority Groups, Barack Obama, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Demographics, NAACP
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Still a struggle for laid-off RV worker who introduced Obama in '09
ELKHART COUNTY — News of new jobs coming to the area brought lots of promise this week. But there's growing concern that the economy is once again slowing. Some businesses are pulling back on spending and manufacturing is slowing down.
June...Tags: Career and Workplace, Business, Monaco, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation
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Veteran unemployment numbers are sky high
MISHAWAKA — Post-9/11 veterans are a large part of the nation’s unemployed, and in Indiana and Michigan those numbers are some of the highest.
"It's almost to the point where you get to being like, ‘What's the point? What's the point...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Legion, Chicago Jobs, Indiana, Oregon
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Keystone RV works with state to investigate fraud
GOSHEN--- Department of Workforce Development follows up on all allegations of unemployment fraud.
"I don't even want to be on unemployment," said David Hayslip. "I don't look for handouts, I don't want a handout."
Hayslip said there are two types of...Tags: Career and Workplace, Corporate Crime, Unemployment Benefits, Crimes, Chicago Jobs
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Salvation Army keeps the community warm
GOSHEN – The little bit of snow we had today is proof that winter is just around the corner.
With the cold, attention turns to staying warm but for many that is a tall order because of unemployment, tight budgets, and fixed incomes.
With less...Tags: Career and Workplace, The Salvation Army, Social Services, Christianity, Finance
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