i tried to strengthen the labor department. the republican platform of 1944 said if they were in power they would build up a strong labor department. you know what they have done to the labor department? they have simply torn it up. there's only one bureau left that's functioning and they cut the appropriation on that so it can't hardly function. i recommended an increase in the minimum wage. what did i get? nothing. absolutely nothing. i suggested that the schools in this country are crowded, teachers underpaid, that there are a shortage of teachers. one of the greatest national needs, more and better schools. i urge the congress to provide 300 million to aid the states in meeting the present educational crisis. congress did nothing about it. time and again i recommended improvements in social security law including extending protection to those not now covered, increase the amount of the benefits, reduce the eligibility age of women from 65 to 60 years. congress studied the matter for two years but couldn't find time to exten

. ♪ labor we learn the u.s. departmentearned if microsoft's pledge to promote more black managers and executives violates labor laws. microsoft says its efforts are legal. argus has covered microsoft for decades. is the labor department calling this reverse discrimination? -- our guest has covered microsoft for decades. >> they are not using that term, but that's basically what it amounts to. people at microsoft told us that last week, they got a letter from the labor department office federal compliance program asking about a program microsoft announced in june that pledged to double the amounts of -- the amount of executives and managers who are black or african-american in the next five years, and the question was -- microsoft said in a blog post implyt appeared to positions would be given on the basis of race. microsoft says they are certain there program meets federal law and is both fair and legal. emily: microsoft's pledge was quite dramatic, but we heard from a number of different companies pledges to increase the

osha, which is a part of the labor department, has been communicating to workers and employers abouty since january. voluminousut out guidance for different industries, workers in those industries about the things to be safe. something that has changed since we spoke about this before, there is now concrete, publicly visible evidence of the fact that we are going to bring cases where we find employers are not taking steps to protect their workers. nearly 100 brought citations against employers who did not take steps to protect their employees. we will continue to conduct inspections, bring cases where we need to. there were some who were saying three months ago, osha is not coming to your workplace to cite employers. i told you at the time they were wrong, and you are seeing investigation being completed. employers not taking proper steps are being cited. that said, i have been doing labor and implement work for 30 years, and i have never seen employers as focused on their workers health and safety as they are now because they know that if they don't keep them healthy and safe, they

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claiming unemployment decreased slightly last week. 837,000 new claims were recorded by the labor departmentmore than the previous week and it is still above pre-pandemic levels. california has suspended its processing of new applications to combat fraud and that may have distorted thursday's data. due to be released on friday is the unemployment rate dropping slightly to 8.2%. that is the last jobs report before the election. i early spark -- earlier spoke to a senior economist about the state of america's labor market. >> it's interesting that we were at nearly 15% unemployment in april down to 8.4 --- 8.4% in august. most of the low thinning fruit of jobob gains have been picked over the summer. businesses are staying low becausee o of thehe ppp l loansd consumers that were benefiting from insurance payments, the extra $60000 per week and also direct payment from the government. they were reaeally storing additional consumption. now that the eight has expired, for both businesses and consumers, they are not going to be able to spend as much money which does not bode well for businesses. t

meanwhile, the labor department says filings for unemployment pandemic assistance topped 345,000. >>> let's get a check of our weather now. >> here's meteorologist mary lee. >> all right, len and michelle, that will be the case so a big concern. >> it is cooler this afternoon. looking at low 60s for san francisco and for oakland. 77 right now, for concord. also for livermore, looking at 72 in san jose, and 73 for santa rosa. so that cooling trend starts today. we're going to continue cooling down especially into the weekend. but really tracking the gusty offshore winds, now through friday morning. with our second offshore wind event. the red flag warning for the areas highlighted in red. that includes the north bay mountains, east bay hills and valleys, diablo range, san mateo coast until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. already tracking those winds, gusting to 40 and even 55 miles per hour. especially on the mountain peaks, and low relative humidity values. so the strong ridge of high pressure locked in place with that clockwise flow. around that strong ridge of high pressure, drawing in the nort

labor department which released the weekly jobless claims report about an hour ago.earned. 787,000 new jobless claims were filed last week, that's lower than the 870,000 that was forecasted. it's the lowest several since march before the coronavirus shut down the country. the labor department reports 8.3 million continuing claims, that's down by 1 million from last week. >>> let's look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way. we are up right now about 60 points. >>> at abc7 we're committed to helping build a better bay area, that includes the impact the pandemic is having on our economy. every week job hunting with jobina where she's searching for open roles for you. today she has a company with hundreds of openings up and down the bay area. where is this? >> yes. so the united states postal service, everybody, they tell me the work there can be hard and in some cases you may need to be prepared to sweat, but they say above everything else it really is rewarding work. ♪ >> what are you doing in my mailb mailbox? you have jobs? back there? well, you k

labor department just released the weekle lesly jobless claim reports.a look at the numbers. >>> new unemployment claims are high but much lower than economist projections. 787,000 new jobless claims were filed last week, much lower than the 870,000 claims that were forecasted. it is the lowest level since march before the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country. in addition, the labor department reports nearly 8.4 million continuing claims, that's down about 1 million from last week. we will see how wall street investors respond to this when the markets open up in about 45 minutes. >> thanks. >>> california theme parks like disneyland, universal studios, knott's berry farm are considering suing the state of california over what they call unachievable reopening guidelines. the closures are also hitting small business which are located near these parks. sidewalks outside of disneyland have not seen the big crowds since march when california ordered them to close. the owner of a nearby subway shop watched his sales plummet from $3,000 a day to 3

. >>> the labor department says another 898,000 americans filed for unemployment and if it's last week. that was more than expected, repeated layoffs continue to stall an economic turnaround. wall street opened lower following the unemployment news and right now looking at the big board, the dow is down eight points. investors continue to keep their eyes on congress for any sign another pandemic stimulus package is possible before the presidential election. >>> a new study warns the coronavirus cootie race years of progress for working women. the study from mckinsey and company and leaned in.org finds one in four women considered leaving the workforce or downshifting career goals because of the virus far more than men. the study finds women face a caregiving crisis during covid- 19 with mother's three times as likely as fathers to be responsible for child care. researchers suggest employers take bold steps during the pandemic to create a more flexible and fair workplace for women and men set clear goals to ensure all employees feel supported. >>> the great california shakeout happened

about 400 women in california and three other states will receive back pay plus interest, the labor department says they found disparities in compensation between men and women working in similar positions. they also say hp did not admit liability bouts the company has also agreed to analyze employment practices. it believes the charges are without merit and it was in the best interest of all involved to resolve the matter quickly through voluntary settlement. this is >>> special coverage of the election going in depth of one of california's hot button propositions. who's supporting prop 15? joe biden. biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the contents of this ad. who's supkamala harris.5? harris says, "a corporate tax loophole has allowed billions to be drained from our public schools and local communities. no more. i'm proud to support prop 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad

jobless claims have gone up again, the labor department says 890,000 americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week. that is 53,000 more than of previous week. before the pandemic, claims to at 200,000 per week. bostic meanwhile slid today as investors worry about stall stimulus talks, and about your bringing back together coronavirus restrictions. the dow was down 19 points and the nasdaq lost 54 in the s&p was down five. >>> united airlines lost $2.4 billion in the third quarter, that is slightly better than the carrier second order. the airline industry has taken a huge hit because of this pandemic. they say they are ready to repair for a recovery. >>> crews plan to test the self driving cars to san francisco without any driver behind the wheel. it is already being tested. but this latest permit california's dmv allows crews to remove the backup driver inside the cars. the company says that it plans to hit the streets, driver three, by the end of the year. elon musk wants to expand his underground tunnel for self driving cars in nevada. the latest proposal would include the la

americans seeking deployment benefits rose last week according to the latest report from the us labor department. 898,000 americans filed for first-time jobless benefits last week. this comes as more cities decide to backtrack on reopening plans after a new surge in covid-19 cases. the us economy is still roughly 10.7 million jobs short of recovering all of the 22 million jobs that were lost when the pandemic struck back in march. more than 9 million californians have sought unemployment benefits since mid- march.>>> on wall street today, stocks were slightly lower. the dow was down 19 points. the nasdaq lost 54 points and the s&p was off by five points. technology, healthcare and, medications companies made up most of the selling over concerns of rising coronavirus cases here and in europe. >> stella had here, a stunning new development in the scott peterson case, his murder conviction is now getting a second look we will discuss this latest twist with our legal >>> and a new look and a new mission. way group of san jose police officers are hitting the streets in new uniforms. >>> we turn now b

the latest report from the labor department shows 840,000 people filed first-time claims. economist say a rescue bill is urgently needed for millions of unemployed americans and struggling businesses. a failure to enact another round of government aid would hurt household income and spending, and some economists saying raise the risk of a double dip recession. the edd started accepting new underlayment applications again just yesterday. that's after the two-week reset, to update its technology. the director of the edd says the backlog will not be cleared up until january. some people have been waiting for benefits for up to five months. >>> on you this job would be hard, but >> the feds stop a kidnapping plot targeting michigan's governor. the chilling details, coming up. >>> hurricane delta expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow. more on what is being done to prepare for the dangerous storm, and the conditions it is expected to bring to the gulf coast. >>> we will have the updated forecast track on hurricane delta, and the shower chance in the bay area this weekend.

according to the labor department, the state is taking two weeks off for processing those claims as it looks to implement fraud prevention technology. >>> governor gavin newsom signed a first of its kind law. they approved, this is a task force, that will consider paying reparations for slavery. a task force will study proposals for potential reparations for descendants of those enslaved and those impacted. the group will make their recommendations to lawmakers by 2023. >>> developing a storm of smalle in imperial valley, 180 miles east of los angeles, areas known as a network of small faults that connect to san andreas and imperial faults. they recorded 75 quakes starting around 4:00 p.m. yesterday. quakes measuring 2.5 to 4.9 magnitude. those quakes are a stark reminder about why the south bay's largest reservoir is about to go its biggest change ever, anderson reservoir. it needs to be rebuilt for earthquake safety and 11-year makeover begins today. 56 million gallons of water a day will be drained, and it will take months to empty. >>> happening now for you, are you ready for some

labor department reported an initial jobless claims at 840000 worse than expected showing the labor market is still experiencing a slow recovery while the economy is still growing it's been a gradual comeback as concerns rise over another wave of layoffs without another federal relief package still some 25500000 americans are collecting some sort of benefits so for more on this and the overall state of the economy and markets we bring in boom bust co-host christine keogh of pent up portfolio strategies michael pentode michael let's start with you unemployment claims they remain high and came in worse than expected 840000 americans filed for these jobless claims and on top of that the number of people who have been laid off permanently is growing how long before we can get to pre-code levels again. that's a great question i just want to barron's on the wires these are coming out and who's going to take a vaccine that was developed and drive anyway. the banks you were going to be warm but reused ursulines and take it back scene that was there in months when it usually takes years but listen

labor department u.s. jobless claims of risen over 800000 since august we've had more than 75000000 claims for unemployment insurance since the start of the pandemic all the way back in march in fact the number of u.s. citizens living in poverty has jumped from 9 percent back in june to over 11 percent in september and that number is still rising showing no signs of future decline but things things aren't all bad for some u.s. citizens you see while main street crumbles from disease oppression and degradation wall street and our billionaire class well my friends they have been thriving you see while millions upon millions of us have lost their jobs in health insurance all across this country u.s. billionaire saw their combined net worth surge by more than $930000000000.00 bringing it the collective wealth of just $644.00 people to a staggering $3.00 trillion $1.03 trillion dollars in just 6 $144.00 people that's according to a new an analysis recently released by americans for tax fairness and the institut

the labor department is out with its latest weekly jobless claims. yesterday after dimming prospects of a coronavirus relief package. the dow slid 165 points. the nasdaq dropped 95 points and the s&p 500 fell 23 points. >>> united airlines posted a $1.8 billion loss in the third quarter as the pandemic continues to ravage the airline industry. it's a blow to the chicago-based carrier after boasting a $1 billion profit a year ago. united says it was able to trim its cash burn by limiting flights more aggressively. that resulted in a loss of about $24 million a day, down from an average of 40 million a day in the previous quarter. >>> the nfl has canceled the pro bowl for the first time in more than 70 years. the league is instead focusing on finishing the full regular season and post season during the pandemic. the annual all-star game will be replaced with virtual activities. fans will still be able to vote for pro bowl rosters next month, and the full 88-man roster will be revealed in december. las vegas, which was slated to host january's pro bowl,

meantime, this morning, later this morning the labor department's out with its september jobs report.t is expected to show another month of gains, but the unemployment rate is expected to remain stubbornly high at more than 8%. now yesterday the dow rose 35 points. the nasdaq gained 159, and the s&p 500 added 17. >>> the senate commerce committee voted unanimously yesterday to issue subpoenas for the heads of three major social media companies. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg along with sundar pichai of google and twitter's jack dorsey are being ordered to go before the panel. they will be asked about combating disinformation and internet safety for children and teenagers. the action comes as congress considers changes to liability protections under the communications decency act. >>> a new survey reveals how consumers feel about shopping this thanksgiving. 76% said retailers should be closed on the holiday. a little more than half of those cited the desire to give employees a well-earned day off. the rest said retail workers should spend the day with their families. this year a growing

labor department is reporting a significant reduction in the number of new people claiming on employment benefits last week 751000 applied for assistance the lowest weekly total since economic shutdowns began in march still more than 700000000 people all receiving unemployment benefits and many more jobless people on eligible to receive them the official unemployment rate now stands at 7.9 percent down from a high of nearly 15 percent in april with coronavirus infection surging large companies continue to announce layoffs on wednesday boeing said it would cut $30000.00 jobs by the end of next year and white house correspondent kimberly hellcats has moved from washington d.c. . the historic jump in the g.d.p. in the last quarter up 33 percent what i think it indicates as well as those numbers of jobs going down is what donald trump has been selling on the campaign trail and that is that he is trying to reopen the economy allow people to get back to their daily lives and so this is a major campaign promise on his part and he is contrast to get to kind of a doom and gloom prediction if joe

labor department u.s. jobless claims of risen over 800000 since august we've had more than 75000000 claims for unemployment insurance since the start of the pandemic all the way back in march in fact the number of u.s. citizens living in poverty has jumped from 9 percent back in june.

women left the workforce in september compared 221-6000 men that's according to analysis of the labor department figures carried out by the national women's law center one main reason is that women are overrepresented in several of the worst hit industries another is the pressure to balance work at home life have a listen to what resign a real asshole with the stream about how she lost her job. so we're here with a 4 year old and one year old wilson typical enough i was reminded early on by my manager that he didn't want to hear my children on the back on a business call and went on for months to one where i asked if you want to meet my one year old in the room alone. and he responds with. how to greet you can do you need to hear that coming from a father to employ who's working hard into full time jobs i reported discrimination that i encountered for months and i was fired. so here i am during a global pandemic where millions are out of jobs and i'm still looking for jobs to support may be. joining us to talk about america's female recession in washington d.c. nicole mason she's the president a

labor department says the economy added 661,000 jobs in september, fewer than expected and a big drop from the summer months. the unemployment rate did fall to just under 8%, but that does not include more than 1 million people who left the workforce entirely. more than three-quarters of those were women. >>> and a new study by the lean in group finds that women are uniquely impacted by this pandemic. one in four say that they are ready to downsize their job or quit entirely. the study has been conducted for the past six years and this is the first time that researchers say that more women are leaving the workforce than men. >> i have had to go back on my duties at work. i had leadership responsibilities that i had to give up for this and honestly, some days, yeah, there's tears. >> 70% of fathers and heterosexual couples, dual career couples think they're doing equal percent of work as their partners. only 44% of mothers feel the same. so there's clearly a discrepancy there. >>> on the fire watch tonight california is prepared to hit a stunning stone in this year's record breaking wi

labor department reported initial jobless. 840000 worse than expected showing the labor market is still experiencing a slow recovery while the economy is still growing it's been a gradual comeback as concerns rise over another wave of layoffs without another federal relief package still some 25500000 americans are collecting some sort of benefits so for more on this and the overall state of the economy and markets we bring in boom bust co-host christy i t o a pentode portfolio strategies michael pentode michael let's start with you unemployment claims they remain high and came in worse than expected 840000 americans filed for these jobless claims and on top of that the number of people who have been laid off permanently is a growing how long before we can get to pre-code levels again. that's a great question i guess a lot of the bands on the virus and the staircase that are coming out and who's going to take a vaccine that was developed at hyper warp drive anyway my hope a vaccine works these are going to be long but reused ursulines and take it like seeing that was developed in months

here in the united states that's approaching 220000 americans and the latest figures from the labor department today announcing that an additional 898000 americans filed for unemployment benefits this past week while president very publicly walked away from negotiations with democrats on a much needed stimulus plan to get this economy continue its growth so certainly those are the president's weaknesses we know biden will also likely point out that his campaign has been much more cautious in social distancing with kemah harris canceling the remaining of her in person campaign events this week with joe biden at 1st. to a virtual faceoff with the president after of course the president had tested positive for coded and of course when trump backed out of that event that is why this town hall was planned and finally i should say that because of these dueling town halls if you will with the vice president joe biden here in philadelphia trump down in florida they're airing simultaneously on rival networks so that puts the american voters certainly in a very difficult position where they will have to

the labor department that's supposed to protect workers and their rights right now it's run by a corporate lobbyist who is declared war on workers. guts protection, to keep essential folks safe during a pandemic. makes it easier for big corporations to shortchange them on their wages. the interior department that's supposed to protect our public land and wild spaces, our wildlife and our wilderness and right now that's run by an oil lobbyist who is determined to sell them to the highest bidder. you've got the education department that is supposed to give every kid a chance and that's run by a billionaire who guts rules dispiened to protect students from ripped off for profit colleges and stiff arm students looking for loan relief in the middle of an economic collapse. i mean, the person who runs medicaid right now is doing their best to kick theme off the medicaid instead of sign them up for medicaid. come on. when joe and kamala are in charge they are not going so surround themselves with hacks and lobbyists. but they're going appoint qualified public servant who is actually care about lo

meanwhile weekly jobless claims fell to the lowest level of the copen $1000.00 pandemic the labor department reported thursday weekly jobless claims came in at just over 7 750004 the week ending the 20 for the back tobar down 40000 from the week prior now this was the lowest numbers seen since mid march continuing claims or those receiving benefits for at least 2 weeks dropped by more than 700007 point 75000000 now it slightly charge that number is the latest wave of coping 1000 cases in the u.s. is raising alarms about the recovery so let's go ahead and get some act. analysis from boom bust co-host christiane c.e.o. of pimco portfolio strategies michael plant thank you both for being here michael i want to start with you today government debt the government that on thursday showed a record setting rebound in economic output as we just said growing at its fastest 3 months avar but this is quite misleading as unemployment is still pretty high and demand is being depressed so how should we interpret this data point at this time when the unemployment rate is still 8 percent. skyrockets up about

labor department the u.s. jobless claims of risen over 800000 since august we've had more than 75000000 claims for unemployment insurance since the start of the pandemic all the way back in march in fact the number of u.s. citizens living in poverty has jumped from 9 percent back in june to over 11 percent in september and that number is still rising showing no signs of future decline but things things aren't all bad for some u.s. citizens you see while main street crumbles from disease oppression and degradation wall street in our billionaire class well my friends they have been thriving you see while millions upon millions of us have lost their jobs and health insurance all across this country us billionaire saw their combined network surge by more than $930000000000.00 bringing it the collective wealth of just $644.00 people to a staggering $3.00 trillion $1.03 trillion dollars in just 644 people. a that's according to a new an analysis recently released by americans for tax fairness and the institute for p

department of labor. wonderful to have you with us today. i would like to start is, if you were inside the labor department today, what do you make of what you are seeing? obviously there are fiscal responses that could be offered here. what would you be thinking if you were chief economist? betsey: what is clear and what i would be thinking is that the part of the recovery has happened and that is basically over. that is the part we were bringing people back from temporary layoffs, getting the back on the job, and there is very little of that happening right now, and instead what we are seeing is people shifting out of the labor force, realizing they are not going back to their old jobs and they are not in a situation where they can try to find a new job. we see people converting from being temporarily unemployed to permanently unemployed, so we are just starting to see really the hardening of this unemployment taking place. so it is going to be a slog from here out to try to recover. there are really -- vonnie: it was working for women in

the labor department is supposed to protect workers. it is run by a corporate lobbyist who has declared war on workers trying to get protections essential folks safe during a pandemic, making it easier for big corporations to steal their wages. the interior department that is supposed to protect our public lands, our wilderness, and, we have an education department run by billionaire who has good rules designed to protect students from getting ripped off by for profit colleges, stiff arming students looking for loan relief in the middle of a can economic crisis. you've got the person who runs medicaid trying not to get more people in medicaid so they get better healthcare but to kick more people off. come on. it ain't right. what are you going to do about it, you got to vote! you've got to vote! when joe and kamala are in charge they are not going to surround themselves with lobbyists. they are going to surround themselves with qualified public servants who are serious about doing their job. who are looking out for you, for your jobs, y

labor department released its report on weekly jobless claims for the week ending the 26th of september that there were 837000 new claims down from 873000 the week prior while continuing claims came in at just over 11700000 down from just over 12700000 the week before but considering these massive layoffs in the airline industry and news this week that do. his new laid off 28000 workers what does the future have in store well joining us are destructors jeffrey tucker author of the new book liberty or lockdown co-host christiane thank you both for joining us today christy i did want to start with you as no deal was reached was their lives have started fertile employees as we just mentioned how were they say they're prepared to reverse course if a stimulus deal is reached or what's the latest in should the airline industry get another bailout that seems to be the $25000000000.00 question here oh yeah the airline sector is one of the hardest hit sectors with losses now topping over 10000000000 dollars in just the 2nd quarter alone so demand for travel has basically evaporated and airlines

it's not right. .t ain't right the labor department is supposed to protect workers.t's run by a corporate lobbyist who has declared war on workers. trying to gut protections to keep a central safe during a pandemic. making it easier for big corporations to steal their wages. the interior department that supposed to protect our public lands, our wilderness, the everglades, it's run by an oil lobbyist who is justified when with selling them to the highest bidder. we've got an education department run by a billionaire who has gutted rules designed to protect students from getting ripped off by for-profit colleges. and then his stiff arming students looking for loan relief in the middle of an economic collapse. you've got the person who runs medicaid trying not to get more people on the medicaid, trying to kick them off of medicaid. come on. it ain't right. so what are you going to do about it? rep. kennedy: -- >> vote. fmr. pres. obama: you got to vote. charge, and, are in they are not going to surround themselves with lobbyists, they will surround themselves with quali