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In reply to the discussion: Most Of The New Jobs Were Part-Time [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)15. The trend is due to the fact that they can.
The labor market is too weak to give labor any leverage... which is exactly the way that people like Larry Summers wants it.
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part-time, no benefits, and how many of them were of that horrid "on-call" variety?
niyad
Aug 2013
#1
One DUer said that many places only schedule you a few hours, expecting you to be 'on call'
CrispyQ
Aug 2013
#7
Are you nuts? People who are living these statistic have no bright side to look at.
matthews
Aug 2013
#48
certainly you forgot the sarcasm icon, because you could not possibly have posted this seriously.
niyad
Aug 2013
#57
Here's a BLS paper that describes the undercounting of the long-term unemployed.
leveymg
Aug 2013
#61
oh, dear, having a bit of difficulty following, are we? the post to which you were replying was
niyad
Aug 2013
#67
This has been happening for many years. And even many of the full-time jobs are contract work.
SharonAnn
Aug 2013
#6
Yes, now this is correct as they have their 2015 gig now. But greed works off the clock.
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#38
My applause was sincere. I'm pleased with this news. I'm not sure why you think it was a slam. eom
millennialmax
Aug 2013
#14
I don't think business executives give a shit about what happens next quarter.
winter is coming
Aug 2013
#46
An old scam that worked well under Reagan. Take away good jobs, replace them with bullshit
Catherina
Aug 2013
#24
You see, there are the people still with full time jobs that post here. They don't get it.
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#26
People with the jobs apparently do not see the ages of the people that wait on them, or help them..
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#33
I substitute for a school district, both certified and classified employment,
duffyduff
Aug 2013
#63