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GiaGiovanni

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60. You see the Daily Show last night?

Reply to Rex (Reply #51)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 06:46 PM

Aug 2013

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/thu-august-1-2013-colin-quinn

Good segment on the strike.

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Most Of The New Jobs Were Part-Time [View all] brentspeak Aug 2013 OP

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

And no compete clauses itsrobert Aug 2013 #11

Welcome to the new slave economy, I guess. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #30

thats horrible Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #70

The REAL unemployment rate comes from the U6 figures matthews Aug 2013 #17

You just provided a government number. nt Lucky Luciano Aug 2013 #18

Yeah I did. The REAL one they should be using matthews Aug 2013 #29

yeah kardonb Aug 2013 #34

bright side? warrprayer Aug 2013 #40

If you only clap hard enough, Tinkerbell doesn't DIE!!! bvar22 Aug 2013 #42

What bright side? tumtum Aug 2013 #43

Are you nuts? People who are living these statistic have no bright side to look at. matthews Aug 2013 #48

"you folks" Skittles Aug 2013 #50

certainly you forgot the sarcasm icon, because you could not possibly have posted this seriously. niyad Aug 2013 #57

How about some compassion for the millions who are condemned to Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #58

the poster demonstrates a complete lack of compassion niyad Aug 2013 #66

Monty Python summed this up pretty well neverforget Aug 2013 #68

Even the U6 figures are undercounted by 50%. leveymg Aug 2013 #55

I'm sure the U6 undercounted, I just wouldn't have any idea by how much matthews Aug 2013 #56

Here's a BLS paper that describes the undercounting of the long-term unemployed. leveymg Aug 2013 #61

To be fair, part-timers will have Obamacare David Krout Aug 2013 #49

Yep, that fact is always ignored by Neo-DU. nt tridim Aug 2013 #53

If they can afford it Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #59

but that isn't an actual benefit of the job. enjoy your stay. niyad Aug 2013 #62

OP said no benefits David Krout Aug 2013 #65

oh, dear, having a bit of difficulty following, are we? the post to which you were replying was niyad Aug 2013 #67

AND they'll be eligible for Food stamps! Vanje Aug 2013 #69

Off to greatest with you! Anyone who's been paying attention to the job market raccoon Aug 2013 #2

That second article is exactly what my daughter was finding. snappyturtle Aug 2013 #3

And these temp jobs shanti Aug 2013 #32

+1....Amazon here I come! Safetykitten Aug 2013 #4

The 'Walmart-ization' of our economy. earthside Aug 2013 #5

This has been happening for many years. And even many of the full-time jobs are contract work. SharonAnn Aug 2013 #6

And our party want even speak of the issue. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #36

The trend is due to the fact that they can. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #15

Ronnie Raygun is the blame dicksmc3 Aug 2013 #16

reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Aug 2013 #52

Obamacare is just the latest excuse. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #28

Yes, now this is correct as they have their 2015 gig now. But greed works off the clock. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #38

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #8

One day in the future, one of our DU people will have a visit from HR.... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #9

7.6% - 7.4% = +0.2% millennialmax Aug 2013 #10

please expound on this Sheepshank Aug 2013 #13

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 apologize for misunderstanding Sheepshank Aug 2013 #39

.... warrprayer Aug 2013 #41

kick Safetykitten Aug 2013 #12

The first quarter of 2013 AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #19

The employers who are offering only part time work Shadowflash Aug 2013 #20

Why do you think they give even a little tiny shit about that? TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #22

So now they are free... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #37

I don't think business executives give a shit about what happens next quarter. winter is coming Aug 2013 #46

Typical corporate corner cutting. alp227 Aug 2013 #21

K&R MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #23

An old scam that worked well under Reagan. Take away good jobs, replace them with bullshit Catherina Aug 2013 #24

That's why I can't stand up and cheer at this news. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #25

You see, there are the people still with full time jobs that post here. They don't get it. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #26

Oh, they get it. They just don't care. Skeeter Barnes Aug 2013 #54

And they pay less too! Welcome to the new economy. nt limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #27

Another thing shanti Aug 2013 #31

People with the jobs apparently do not see the ages of the people that wait on them, or help them.. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #33

That's IF you are over 55 and can even FIND a job at all. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #64

I substitute for a school district, both certified and classified employment, duffyduff Aug 2013 #63

Relatively speaking, that's a good thing... relatively speaking uponit7771 Aug 2013 #35

Another thing these companies are doing is bigdarryl Aug 2013 #44

The creation of part-time jobs is a big concern, ProSense Aug 2013 #45

That sucks but Im actually a bit surprised there were as many as 92,000 full-time jobs. DCBob Aug 2013 #47

The largest food company in the world told it's employees to get a second job. Rex Aug 2013 #51

You see the Daily Show last night? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #60