A new international construction technology and materials firm will bring 408 jobs to the state, filling a North Haven building emptied when a Canadian printing company closed operations in 2008. Sustainable Building Solutions becomes the sixth company in Connecticut's First Five program, which offers aid packages to businesses adding at least 200 jobs and investing at least $25 million. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_071812.asp
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According to labor lawyers and immigrant-rights activists, Connecticut’s restaurant and food service industry routinely hires undocumented immigrant workers to wash dishes, clean floors, cook, bake and wait tables. The jobs often involve low pay, long hours and tough working conditions. This winter, employees of two upscale New Haven restaurants (Cafe Goodfellas and Downtown at the Taft) staged demonstrations to protest unfair wages. John Lugo, an activist who helped organize the protests, says several of those involved are undocumented workers. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: February 07, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_advocate_020711.asp
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A year after the ribbon was cut, the Connecticut Convention Center has begun to do what it promised -- put feet on Hartford's streets, lay heads on Hartford's hotel beds and inject the city's downtown with new life. Bringing fencers and robotics teams, corporate lunches and groundskeepers, boaters and veterinarians, the center has hosted more than twice as many events as anticipated. Demand for city hotel rooms and the prices for those rooms increased at significantly higher rates than in previous years; and even though the center lost more money than anticipated, that was largely due to rising energy costs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_060506.asp
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School bus monitors and drivers are making a living wage because of her union, CSEA SEIU Local 2001 and because of Hartford’s living-wage ordinance, strengthened by the city council in March 2010 to bring more companies under its umbrella. Yet before the school year started this year, two subcontractors moved 130 nonunion bus drivers out of the Hartford bus yard to a facility in East Hartford not covered by the city’s living-wage law. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: September 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_advocate_090810.asp
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The dispute about minority hiring between Hartford's African-American Alliance and the Metropolitan District Commission, the quasi-governmental agency that's responsible for water and sewers in Hartford and eight surrounding communities is heating up. The MDC is under orders from both state and federal authorities to fix its leaky, antiquated sewer system that sends about a billion gallons of raw sewage into the Connecticut River every year. Preliminary engineering for the Clean Water Project launched in 2004 recently began. The question for the alliance and others is whether that work has already begun in earnest without the participation of Latino and African-American workers. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_advocate_121808.asp
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Mayor Perez criticizes the state's economic policy. He says the recent insurance job losses in Hartford shows that Connecticut needs a clear policy to foster and preserve employment, and he provides recommendations. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 17, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_071705.asp
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A small group from New Haven called Mothers for Social Justice, which is among the many groups pushing for the state Senate to pass the modest minimum wage bill adopted by the House recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050112.asp
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You could work full time, every week of the year at Connecticut's $8.25-per-hour minimum wage and come up with a pre-tax annual income of $17,160. That's more than $5,700 below the federal poverty level for a family of four. When you adjust for inflation, it's also way below what a minimum wage worker was making in Connecticut 40 years ago, according to a study done for the liberal advocacy group Connecticut Voices for Children. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 06, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_advocate_030612.asp
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This Courant editorial celebrates the life of Latham Lee Allison, who died in August 14, 2008 at the age of 74. Mr. Allison, known as Lee, seemed to be wherever people were doing worthwhile things. His gentle and self-effacing manner masked a highly analytical mind, Mr. Allison was a corporate executive who voluntarily retired in his 50s to focus on community service work. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_courant_082008.asp
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If the Metropolitan District Commission fails to share a big enough piece of its $1.6 billion Clean Water Project pie with minorities, it won’t be because they weren’t warned. Both Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez and the legislature have taken pains in recent weeks to publicly state their expectations when it comes to the MDC’s responsibility to hire minorities. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_advocate_050307.asp
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Food service workers are part of the fastest-growing employment group in the state, what the U.S. Census Bureau calls the service occupations. They account for nearly half the total growth in Connecticut workforce from 2000 through 2006, according to new census figures. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 23, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/people/htfd_courant_092307.asp
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These fact sheets provide snapshots of individuals' access to private transportation in selected neighborhoods in Hartford: Asylum Hill, Clay Arsenal, Frog Hollow, Northeast, Sheldon Charter Oak, South Green and Upper Albany. Data include whether respondents have valid drivers' licenses and a reliable car, by both employment status and citizenship status. For comparison, statistics for each surrounding county are provided. The fact sheets are based on the Annie E. Casey Making Connections Cross-Site Survey. Published by
Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond
; Publication Date: February 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/transportation/Transportation_MC_Survey.pdf
Related Link(s):
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Making Connections Initiative
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A coalition of advocacy groups, led by Connecticut Working Families, is pushing for a change in laws that cover sick leave. Arguing that 40 percent of Connecticut employees don't get sick days, it wants lawmakers to require every business of 50 employees or more to grant workers one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours of work — with a cap of 6.5 paid days a year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_021009.asp
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In more good news for Hartford and its insurance industry, Aetna said recently it will bring about 3,600 workers to the city from its Middletown office by 2010 as part of a $219 million renovation and consolidation project. Aetna, which has about 2,800 employees in Hartford now, expects the transfers to increase its workforce in the city to as many as 6,400 people by 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_072906_a.asp
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In its annual report to the legislature in December 2007, Gov. M. Jodi Rell's budget office warned that unless we make quick changes, Connecticut as we know it will disappear within two decades simply because young adults are vanishing from Connecticut and the rest of the state is getting very old. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 20, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012008.asp
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After years of debate and discussion about the need to update our nation's immigration system, the issue is finally on the so-called “front burner” on Capitol Hill and comprehensive reform is on the horizon in 2013. From a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens to border security, there are a number of challenging issues our leaders in Washington must tackle. There is, however, an additional issue that any comprehensive immigration reform plan should also address: the shortage of educated, highly-skilled workers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 15, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/hbj_041513_1.asp
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About 15 other fast-food workers from the Hartford area picketed the restaurants where they worked, as part of a movement comprising 60 cities around the country. Earlier this summer, about 2,200 fast-food workers protested in seven cities around the U.S. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_083013.asp
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Recently, hours after a report showed that the recession claimed 533,000 U.S. jobs in November, Connecticut politicians convened with frightened employers and workers around the state to talk about saving jobs at their companies. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_120608.asp
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State employees might be hoping to keep their jobs. But the ex-offenders who attended a job fair at the Connecticut Expo Center recently were just hoping to get one. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/prisonerre-entry/htfd_courant_051211.asp
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In today’s job market, there is some work available, but job applicant’s skill set or experience had better match the position exactly or they are out of luck. Prudential Retirement was hiring 40 people to staff a new call center in downtown Hartford, but most of the jobs required licenses to sell various financial products. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_032509.asp
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The Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA), Capital Workforce Partners and the United Illuminating Company conducted this Availability of Skilled Workers in Connecticut Survey in order to determine the perspectives of Connecticut businesses on the current and future workforce issues facing the state. (PDF document, 18 pages) Published by
Connecticut Business and Industry Association
; Publication Date: 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/employment/SkilledWorkers_08.pdf
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After more than 10 years, 133 current and former workers at Hartford's Avery Heights assisted living community are about to get their money, more than $2.5 million in all. The National Labor Relations Board announced the approval recently of a final settlement between Church Homes Inc., which owns Avery Heights, and the workers, who went on strike in 1999, leading to a decade of legal wrangling. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_040910.asp
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A black advocacy group rallied outside the Metropolitan District Commission headquarters in Hartford recently denouncing what it said was the commission's opposition to legislation that would guarantee minority contractors got work on a $1.6 billion sewer-upgrade project. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Environment/htfd_courant_041907.asp
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Sara Pastorelli, a long-time member of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, which represents janitors in Hartford, does not know any of the 5,300 janitors in Houston. But she and thousands of other SEIU members from across the country banded together this year to support a successful organizing campaign for their Texas peers, demanding better wages and benefits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_122906.asp
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Despite a decrease in funding, the City of Hartford’s Youth Employment Program has managed to increase the number of summer slots for young people in the Hartford area. At the program’s Summer Youth Jobs Campaign breakfast recently, the Mayor said there were 1637 slots last year, which he’d like to see increased to 2013 this summer. To do this, he said that businesses would need to make a “substantial investment.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 11, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_011113.asp
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Declaring that they can deliver thousands of construction jobs and a break from I-84 traffic jams, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and federal officials signed a deal recenty for $275 million in aid for the New-Britain-to-Hartford busway. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_112111.asp
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A union leader recently criticized a decision by Cabela's Inc. to hire an out-of-state company it has used for previous projects to guide construction of its $50 million superstore planned at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_092006.asp
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Looking toward a grand opening in October 2007, Cabela's began interviewing candidates in mid-July for 450 jobs at its new outdoors merchandise store at Rentschler Field. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 10, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_071007.asp
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For 30 years, working poor people and moderate income-earners have seen their wages slip against inflation year after year — in good times and bad. This recession will bring watershed changes. Among them, workers' pent-up anger combined with relentless corporate profits may lead to a national re-examination of the imbalance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_031110.asp
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A career center is opening at the Hartford Public Library's downtown location, the 18th jobs location in Connecticut but the first in a public library. The center, designed to broaden residents' access to job-seeking resources and helping businesses meet potential employees, will open July 9, as CTWorks @ HPL. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 03, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_070312.asp
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The Latino advocacy group whose gala fundraiser last month took a hit when its featured speaker, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, bailed out instead of crossing a picket line has fired back at the Greater Hartford-New Britain Building and Trades Council. The Connecticut Association of United Hispanic Agencies, an umbrella group for more than a dozen social service organizations serving the Latino community around the state, is demanding a public apology, financial restitution and an agreement from the union not to involve neutral parties in its disputes in the future. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_060306_a.asp
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The United Church of Christ will keep its 2007 national convention in Hartford, but it won't be held at the year-old Connecticut Convention Center as all had hoped. Instead, following a last-minute intervention by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the church will hold its event at the decades-old Civic Center, keeping its people, and their money, in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_060306.asp
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The United Church of Christ will move its 2007 national convention out of Hartford if the dispute between labor unions and the operators of the Connecticut Convention Center is not resolved by June 6, and the organization has asked the governor to intervene. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_052406.asp
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Recently, City Council passed the “Resolution Restoring Good Jobs at the Hartford Courant,” on the consent calendar with only Councilperson Wooden abstaining. This resolution puts forth an official statement to the Hartford Courant, but takes no action. It asks the Courant to “do its civic duty” by rehiring the eight cleaners who lost their jobs in December 2011. If this pressure from City government does not convince the Courant to rehire the workers, local activists are hoping that City Council takes bolder steps. One such action could be for the City to stop placing its job advertisements in Tribune-owned newspapers. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_012312.asp
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The federally funded Hartford Job Corps Academy, the second in Connecticut and the ninth in New England, will train up to 200 people at a time in manufacturing, carpentry, nursing, business technology and hospitality jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 20, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_072005_A.asp
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The city has warned its department heads that layoffs and a possible early retirement incentive program could be in the immediate future if deals are not reached in budget talks with various city unions. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_052709.asp
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The city is far short of meeting its goal for city residents working on the $1 billion public school renovation project - and many of those claiming to live in Hartford may not even be residents at all. Records show that 21.8 percent of the work is going to Hartford residents - far short of the city's goal of setting aside 30 percent. The targets are goals, not mandates. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_050506.asp
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Hartford purchasing agents published a formal request recently for contractors who could create a wireless network citywide. The network, which would allow all residents free, high-speed access to the Web, could be up and running on a test basis as early as next summer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 8, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_110805.asp
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There's a gaping hole in the road where Albany Avenue and Edgewood Street meet, a 16-foot-deep pit lined with steel that keeps the earthen walls intact as contractors work below. Kewayn Hudson, wearing a hard hat, works a 30-hour-a-week, $8-an-hour training job with the Metropolitan District Commission. He begins most days by keeping track of equipment and people. What began as a summer job training program through the Blue Hills Civic Association and Capital Workforce Partners has expanded to take Hudson through September 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_110609.asp
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Long-time workers receive lay-offs without warning. The school district says that it's a reorganization and that the workers can apply for similar positions. The local union comments. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant071305.asp
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The Upper Albany and Clay Arsenal neighborhoods have been jointly recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice as a "Weed and Seed" site, a designation that opens the door to federal crime-fighting funding. The Weed and Seed program aims to rid an area of violent crime and then provide social and economic services to allow residents to reclaim the neighborhood. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061805.asp
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The current budget of the city of Hartford is a tight one, and it includes a million dollars in labor concessions that haven't yet been agreed to. Mayor Pedro Segarra has offered either furlough days or layoffs. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 29, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/jcohen_082912.asp
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The city cut $3.2 million out of the salaries and benefits of the city's workers when it approved its budget on recently. The coalition's six unions have offered a mix of wage deferrals, furlough days, and increased health costs in exchange for contract guarantees and a pledge of no layoffs. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_060409_2.asp
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Ten young men graduated from Prince Tech's electrical shop five years ago. Today, there isn't a licensed electrician among them. In some ways, that failure is a failure of their school, and a consequence of the global marketplace. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_021305.asp
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Earning a college degree is still the best way to avoid unemployment. But the number of recent college grads who can't find work, or who can find only part-time retail or restaurant jobs that don't require an education, grew by more than 70 percent from 2009-2011. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_032311.asp
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It's with a big, poetic sigh of relief that we enjoy the white blossoms of 17 flowering pear trees the state installed alongside its office buildings on Capitol Avenue. They were replanted recently with the help of students working for the Knox Parks Foundation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041606.asp
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The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is facing staff layoffs and restructuring. Changes in the entertainment industry are causing the arts center to radically change the way it does business, including what it programs, who it programs for and how it markets the programs. Other performing arts centers in New England are reporting similar declines at the box office to the Bushnell's. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/artsandculture/htfd_courant_042805.asp
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Recently, two economic forecasts for what will happen in Connecticut in 2011 were announced, one bullish and one bleak. Connecticut's unemployment in 2011 will remain right where it is now, on average, at 9.1 percent, according to Fairfield University economist Ed Deak. University of Connecticut economists disagree, with what they call a bullish forecast for 2011 followed by modest growth in 2012. From October 2010 to October 2012, they believe, there will be 38,500 jobs added in Connecticut, and the pace will be twice as fast in 2011 as in 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 18, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_111810.asp
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Things are definitely getting better. In March, employers in Connecticut created 3,000 jobs and, as more data have come in, labor market analysts now say it was the third straight month that the state has added jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041610.asp
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In this report, economists from the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis suggests that the reasonably strong national economic growth created by the federal stimulus package is insufficient to generate new jobs in Connecticut through the forecast period, which ends in the second quarter of 2011. (PDF document, 7 pages) Published by
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
; Publication Date: August 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Employment/wsd_083109.asp
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This edition of the Connecticut Economic Outlook suggests that there is a "no jobs" recovery in sight. The state’s economy has undergone a critical structural change as the degree of outsourcing—whether to other states or abroad—has grown quickly for more than a decade; the result is that even strong growth in total output may not translate into rapid improvement in employment. Published by
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
; Publication Date: February 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/wsd_02_2010.asp
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Connecticut's economy gained 13,600 jobs in 2010, a new report showed, more than twice the increase that earlier monthly surveys had suggested. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 10, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_031011.asp
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This presentation summarizes the missions and strategies of Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services Cluster, which seeks to build a collaboration of business, educational, and governmental agencies to enhance the competitive strength of Connecticut insurance and financial companies. (PDF file, 13 pages) Published by
Connecticut Insurance and Financial Services Cluster
; Publication Date: October 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/IFS_cluster.pdf
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The state Department of Labor's latest snapshot of Connecticut's economy is blurry. Some of the data released recently show the state treading water, with no net job creation in the past year. Other data in the reports seem brighter. Although 147,100 people are still looking for work, their numbers are 25,300 lower than they were a year ago. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_051712.asp
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In February 2009, 14,300 Connecticut workers lost their jobs, the largest monthly drop in nearly 15 years. The decline brings Connecticut's job loses to 52,000 over the past 12 months, or 3 percent of the state's total labor force, according to a report released recently by the state Department of Labor. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_032709.asp
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Connecticut lost 4,300 jobs in December 2010, a miserable month closing out a terrible year for job-seekers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012411_1.asp
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The strong hiring across the country and in Connecticut last month came as a relief, but the mix of jobs being created shouldn't be forgotten in the glow of the good news. In Connecticut from 2010 until April, the job gains were disproportionately in temp agency hires and retail, which are largely low-wage, and in health care, which carries a mix of pay levels. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_052211.asp
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Connecticut's unemployment rate jumped to 8.8 percent in October 2009 from 8.4 percent the month before, even though employers added 1,000 jobs, according to a report released by the state Department of Labor. Nationally, the unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. The gain of 1,000 jobs is statistically insignificant and doesn't do much to erase September's revised job loss total, which was 6,200. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_112009.asp
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Connecticut lost 6,000 jobs in March, reversing February's job gains and pushing the state's unemployment rate up slightly to 9.1 percent from 9 percent in February, according to the state's monthly Department of Labor report issued recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041911.asp
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Connecticut ranks 29th in the overall size of its clean or "green" economy, according to a Brookings Institution report released recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_071311.asp
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The unemployment rate among Hispanics in Connecticut was the third highest in the nation in 2010, with about 17 percent of the population unable to find a job, a new analysis shows. Only Nevada and Rhode Island had higher jobless totals among Hispanics, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 04, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/people/htfd_courant_100411.asp
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Connecticut's unemployment rate hit its highest point yet in the recession in December 2009, spiking to 8.9 percent, according to a state report released recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 22, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012210.asp
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Small businesses put more people to work in Connecticut than their larger counterparts over the past eight years, but paid their workers significantly less, a new study by the state Department of Labor shows. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050505.asp
Related Link(s):
Connecticut Economic Digest Index
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The unemployment rate in Connecticut rose to 6.6 percent in November, the highest level in 15 years, the state Department of Labor reported recently. The state lost 5,100 jobs last month, a figure that rivals the monthly losses of August 2000, when the state lost 5,300 jobs, and October 2002, when the state lost 4,800 jobs, both as a result of the last recession, which began in mid-2000 and lasted through 2003. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_121908.asp
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This report examines the important role Connecticut community colleges play in preparing adult workers for the jobs of the future. It asserts that to stay competitive with other states and other countries, Connecticut’s academic vision must encompass working adults who need basic education, skills upgrading, or an Associate’s degree to improve their ability to meet the demands of a skilled workforce. (PDF document, 44 pages) Published by
Connecticut Association for Human Services
; Publication Date: September 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Education/CTsChallenge.pdf
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Connecticut’s private employers added 2,400 jobs in May 2013, and net employment growth was 1,000, one of several pieces of good news in the jobs report released by the state Department of Labor on recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 20, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_062013.asp
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This report by Capital Workforce Partners summarizes the current and potential construction activity in North Central Connecticut. (PDF document, 349 pages) Published by
Capital Workforce Partners
; Publication Date: September 2011
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/1109ConstructionReportFinal.pdf
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Be like North Carolina. That advice emerged as a theme at Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's jobs summit when leaders discussed which road Connecticut should take after 22 years of no net job growth. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 06, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_100611.asp
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The Connecticut Convention Center has lost another event because of continuing labor strife between management and unions seeking to organize the center's employees. The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities was planning to hold its annual conference at the year-old convention center on Oct. 17, 2006, but decided to reschedule it to Oct. 3, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_062206_a.asp
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Employees at the state-owned Connecticut Convention Center voted this week to join ranks with the Connecticut Laborers' District Council, union and convention center officials said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_102707.asp
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The Hartford city council recently approved a proposal calling for a freeze on all new hiring and overtime spending that is not already budgeted, unless approved by the council. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_032613_1.asp
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Representatives from the Metropolitan District Commission's water and sewer agency came before the city council to present the MDC's strategic plan recently, but members of the city council were more interested in talking about the agency's plan for hiring minority firms and workers. It's an issue that the Courant has written about recently, and it's a situation that pits the regional water and sewer agency and members of the city's African American Alliance against each other politically. The commission is in the early stages of its massive, $2 billion Clean Water Project. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 23, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/cityline_032309.asp
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It was quite an evening at the city council, as city legislators took up the budgetary vetoes of Mayor Eddie A. Perez one by one recently. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_052609.asp
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Eight office cleaners at the Hartford Courant lost their jobs in December. The community has rallied around the janitors whose pay was deemed too costly at the same company that provided $42 million in bonuses for others at the Tribune. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 19, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_011912.asp
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Though Congressman John Larson was unable to attend, the recent Economic Recovery Panel at Hartford Public Library offered several viewpoints on how to create jobs in the city of Hartford. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/cityline_021610.asp
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Unemployment in Connecticut fell to 8.7 percent in October, a level not seen since September 2009, the state Department of Labor said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_112111.asp
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David K. Shipler, author of, "The Working Poor: Invisible in America," was interviewed recently at The Lyceum, a resource and conference center in Hartford designed as a place for people to address the problems of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in the state. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_022705.asp
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Teachers and parents are making hard choices in their fight for a living wage, the necessity of having day-care for their children and making ends meet in the strike of Community Renewal Team child-care workers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 6, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_110605.asp
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Deep financial troubles at the Hartford Hilton that threatened to shutter the downtown hotel appear to have been averted, raising hopes that 150 jobs will be saved and the city will not lose another landmark hotel. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 03, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_030310.asp
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The Greater Hartford African American Alliance (GHAAA) is soliciting help from both the State Capitol and the White House in its lengthy dispute with the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC). GHAAA leaders say they are working to ensure that Hartford residents and minorities get their “fair share” of jobs that will be created by the MDC’s $1.6 billion Clean Water Project. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_news_031909.asp
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Democratic lawmakers and Gov. M. Jodi Rell are proposing cost savings for college students to help Connecticut retain and retrain workers. But they differ on how to finance their plans and what type of students they intend to help. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_021110.asp
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U.S. Rep. John Larson and others recently crowded into a small back room at CTWorks, the front line of Connecticut's growing unemployment ranks, to discuss programs to help the jobless. The talk was measured, controlled, decidedly hopeful. But talking about joblessness is one thing. Living through it is another. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041209.asp
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Bank of America's Student Leaders program pairs five students in the city with executives from the bank. Students are selected based on their academic excellence as well as demonstrated leadership ability. The program, which began a year ago, is well-received by the students. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_071805_A.asp
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Union officials staged a rally recently to announce a contract agreement in a yearlong strike involving 340 workers at four Connecticut nursing homes operated by Spectrum Healthcare. But Spectrum officials said the deal is not yet final. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 13, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_051311.asp
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Steve Thornton, a Hartford resident and a vice president of the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199/SEIU, writes that Hartford residents must be pretty desperate for heroes. Recent attempts to glorify gunmaker Samuel Colt may ignore some of the negative aspects of his life. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 24, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/History/htfd_courant_092406_a.asp
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Rick Green expresses the opinion that rather than ignoring the gambling industry, what Connecticut leaders should be doing is regulating it well. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_111706.asp
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A half-dozen women recently attended a "Dress to Impress" community forum, and the small group lent itself to the kind of boutique mentoring and outfitting embraced by Dress for Success Hartford and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the event's organizer. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 22, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_072207.asp
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YouthBuild is a 10-month work-study program for high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old. The students spend two weeks at a time studying to take their GED, then two weeks working construction. They get paid about $25 a day when they're working. Working alongside experienced construction workers, the students learn skills designed to help them get jobs. The houses they build in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity go to low-income families. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 9, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_060906.asp
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The Connecticut Voices for Children recently was among the advocacy groups that sponsored a forum on the topic of how and why the state should help struggling people get ahead. Using economic language to call for expanded state and federal programs for the poor is the first step toward a broader understanding that merely increasing the size of the economy - the main goal of national policy in recent years - is not enough. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_011506.asp
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Nonprofit organizations seeking qualified managers will soon have a new source of talent through a program developed by the University of Connecticut together with Leadership Greater Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 20, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012010.asp
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Recent statistics show that Connecticut is losing more young people between the ages of 25 and 34 than any other state. The results of this exodus could be catastrophic for the future of our state's economy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_042707_a.asp
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In this opinion piece, the authors suggest that in past struggles to turn recessions into recoveries, the U.S. economy has generally had a not-so-secret weapon: the American consumer. That was then. Now, however, the usual rules don't seem to apply. Tighter credit, the erosion of housing-based nest eggs, record levels of personal debt and the prospect of prolonged double-digit unemployment, taken together, are giving consumption a bad name — and converting yesterday's legendary American shoppers into today's savers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 15, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_091509.asp
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Connecticut legislators are considering a bill this session that would put more money toward adult education. Backed by an unusual coalition of organizations, including Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, several chambers of commerce and the Capitol Region Education Council, among others, the bill is meant to assist adults with educational, vocational and technical training. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 15, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_041507.asp
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Thousands of local fast food employees are living on a shoestring budget. Organizers and local activists expected workers at some McDonalds, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts, Subway and KFC stores in at least the Hartford area to walk out in an effort to convince employers to pay higher wages. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: August 27, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_advocate_082713.asp
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The U.S. Treasury's preliminary approval of $3.4 billion in federal bailout money recently had given The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. some breathing room. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_051909.asp
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32BJ SEIU reports that the “National Labor Relations Board has filed a formal complaint against Pressroom Cleaners, for failing to hire the eight cleaners at the Hartford Courant offices and for failing to bargain fairly with the workers’ union [...] when the company was brought in as the new cleaning contractor in December.” The National Labor Relations Board is seeking to reinstate the eight cleaners who lost their jobs in December 2011. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: June 05, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_060512.asp
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Congress has protected air traffic controllers from damaging cuts under the sequester, which requires automatic federal spending reductions, but didn't do anything to help people who have lost access to basic services such as nutrition, housing and the ability to attain and hold a job Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 03, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_060313.asp
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The state has tapped a Metropolitan District Commission project designed to keep sewage from flowing into basements and waterways in Hartford's North End to receive most of the $48.5 million in federal stimulus money earmarked for Clean Water Act work in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 29, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_042909.asp
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State officials are putting $70.9 million in transportation stimulus money toward the purchase of 136 new buses, but the expenditure is not expected to create any jobs in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_061109.asp
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Connecticut lags far behind other states in providing manufacturers with the skilled workers they need, in spite of the fact that thousands of jobs in the state are going begging. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 16, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_041608.asp
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This report from the U.S. Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration presents the results of a review to evaluate the effectiveness of actions the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had taken and planned to take to address the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Published by
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
; Publication Date: February 4, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Employment/wsd_020409.asp
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Summertime in Hartford is often filled with stories of young people doing the wrong things. But in Hartford a jobs program has students taking a different path. Capital Workforce Partners runs a program to train, employ, and pay Hartford-area students. Each morning a classroom at the Blue Hills Civic Association is filled with 26 teenage students learning basic steps of how to get, and keep, a job. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/jcohen_080210.asp
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Susan Campbell suggests that guaranteeing restaurant workers paid sick days would be in the best interests of the public. A bill before the Connecticut legislature would require employers with 50 or more workers to grant one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked. The bill is backed by a broad coalition of groups, including Connecticut Working Families. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_040709.asp
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A study commissioned by the City of Hartford and Capital Workforce Partners of the programs and funding for Hartford Youth, aged 14 to 24. (PDF file, 23 pages) Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: October 31, 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/familiesandchildren/Youth_Funding_Report.pdf
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Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez, at 14 years old, was among the city youth who got up around 5 a.m. in order to be ready for the bus trip to a Kennedy Road tobacco farm in Windsor where he and his older brother, William, both worked. It was an experience that taught him responsibility and pride. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 8, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/hbj_030807.asp
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The owner of the Goodwin Hotel and its union workers reached a three-year labor agreement recently that clears the way for a multimillion-dollar renovation and the addition of an upscale restaurant at the downtown hotel. The 124-room hotel at Asylum and Hayes streets is likely to remain open during what is planned as a floor-by-floor renovation. It opened in 1989 as the city's most upscale hotel; since then, several other hotels, including the neighboring Hilton, have undergone makeovers, and the Hartford Marriott Downtown opened near the Connecticut Convention Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_120606.asp
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Connecticut's state employee labor unions supported Governor Dannel Malloy’s election because he supports mandated paid sick days and he defends collective bargaining rights for public employees. But, Gov. Malloy is also demanding $2 billion in state union concessions. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: March 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_advocate_030811.asp
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Since April was the best month for hiring since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, students graduating from University of Connecticut today have reason to be cheered about their job prospects. That is, unless they're one of the 300 students coming out with education degrees, hoping for a public school teaching job this fall. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050811.asp
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For nearly 6,900 students who graduated recently at colleges around the state, the natural question is: What's next? Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 19, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_051913.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell recently signed a bill requiring the coordinated development of a "green technology" curriculum by the state's public colleges, universities, community-technical colleges and vocational-technical high schools. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_courant_060910.asp
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Rapid increases in the foreign-born population at the state level are not associated with negative effects on the employment of native-born workers. An analysis of the relationship between growth in the foreign-born population and the employment outcomes of native-born workers revealed wide variations but no consistent pattern across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. (PDF file, 56 pages) Published by
Pew Hispanic Center
; Publication Date: August 10, 2006
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Immigrants/wsd_081006.asp
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor, recognized Capital Workforce Partners – North Central Connecticut’s workforce training board – for building an industry-driven workforce investment system. The initiative picked four key industries in the area, and looked for ways to boost the skill and education level of that workforce, working with employers to locate employees whose backgrounds and education mesh with what the job market needs. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: July 30, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_073007.asp
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Mayor Eddie A. Perez and the city council reached an agreement recently on a $544.4 million budget for 2010-11 that cuts spending by $9.8 million and requires no increase in the tax rate. Officials hope to offset the $7.1 million reduction in salaries and benefits with union concessions, salary adjustments for nonunion employees, a retirement incentive program and adjustments to the pension contribution. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_052110_1.asp
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City officials are considering furloughs for all Hartford employees as a way to drive down Mayor Eddie A. Perez's proposed 5 percent tax increase for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_051110.asp
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The city council recently approved a new, four-year labor deal with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 4, Local 1716, one of the largest city employee unions. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_102312.asp
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One of the largest city employee unions has approved a new labor agreement that calls for a 9 percent pay raise over four years and for furlough days. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 27, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_092712.asp
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As one of the largest community foundations in America — with more than $760 million in assets — the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has long been a lifeline for Hartford area nonprofits, awarding more than half a billion dollars since its inception in 1925. But with evidence of two major gaps — education and workforce readiness — widening in the Hartford region, the foundation's strategic plan, entitled Accelerate Success, is calling for the organization to move beyond its traditional grant-making role to a more active player. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/education/hbj_042312.asp
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A few acres in Hartford’s southwest corner have seen it all. From war housing for defense workers during World War II to a failed public housing project plagued for decades by poverty and crime to a promising residential job training campus for the area’s at-risk youth. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_news_022113.asp
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Hartford has been named one of the best cities in the country to find a job, according to job search engine Juju.com and a Huffington Post story. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/cityline_120810.asp
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Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez today announced a $70 million program full of "shovel ready" projects --- in accordance to the wishes of President-Elect Barrack Obama. The goal is to create jobs for Main Street America to put money in people’s pockets to help jumpstart the economy. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: December 31, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/northend_agents_123108.asp
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An announcement that members of the Hartford Public Services Coalition delivered a proposal designed to save Hartford taxpayers millions of dollars in union contracts, protect vital public services and stop job losses in an economic crisis. (PDF document, 1 page) Published by
Hartford Public Services Coalition
; Publication Date: June 4, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/Coalition_Advisory_6_4_09.pdf
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The city council has approved a new labor deal between the city and the Municipal Lawyers Association — a small bargaining unit representing 11 city attorneys — that includes modest raises. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_112712.asp
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Two charitable foundations, one local and one national, are spending $200,000 in Hartford this year to help local organizations refocus training efforts for young high-school dropouts in the city and to help urban high school graduates finish college. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 15, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_071513.asp
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An arbitration panel has rejected the school system's attempt to enforce school-based seniority in the next teachers' union contract, erecting a hurdle for Superintendent Steven Adamowski, who has long made the issue a key piece of his reform efforts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_022211.asp
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Andy Hart discusses the need to increase the jobs in Hartford. More jobs will in turn increase the number of home owners, make streets safer, and encourage a vibrant economy. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 13 - 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_news_121306.asp
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A presentation on the findings of the Hartford’s Options for Tomorrow (HOT) Revenue Enhancement Study. The goal was to convene stakeholders to identify innovative strategies to generate revenue to support human services in Hartford. Suggestions include maximizing federal grant-seeking, leveraging the City of Hartford pension funds, and promoting regional solutions. Published by
Hartford Options for Tomorrow
; Publication Date: September 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/HOT.pdf
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A two-page summary of statistics about Hartford, its economy and its people. (PDF document, 2 pages) Published by
Connecticut Economic Resource Center
; Publication Date: January 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/hartford_profile.pdf
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Apparently, Connecticut is the best place for college graduates to find a job, according to an analysis by Apartments.com and CareerRookie.com. The study names best cities for new college graduates to live, based on the availability of jobs for people with less than a year experience and the percentage of the population that is 20-24 years old. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 31, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/people/htfd_courant_083111.asp
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It has been more than two years since labor disputes at the Hartford Marriott Downtown marked the hotel's opening, chasing away some business from it and the Connecticut Convention Center next door. Wrapped up in the tussle was a legal fight between the city and the hotel's owner, the Waterford Group, over whether a city "living wage" ordinance applied. This week, the city and Waterford agreed to a settlement. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_022709.asp
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Workers in Greater Hartford earn significantly more than equivalent workers in other parts of the country, a new report shows. And in nearly all other cities with similar salaries, houses cost more. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_072710.asp
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A video of an interview with David Panagore, City of Hartford Director of Development Services, held on January 22, 2009 and the November 19, 2008 community program, HartfordInfo Today: Where There's Crisis There's Opportunity: The Impact of the Current Financial Climate on Hartford and the Region, which was held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: November 19, 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_11_19_2008.asp
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A video of the February 16, 2010 community program, HartfordInfo Today: Economic Recovery: Creating Jobs in Hartford and the Region, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: February 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_02_16_2010.asp
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A video and an audio recording of the November 8, 2006 community program, HartfordInfo Today: Insurance for the Future: Building Tomorrow's Workforce, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: November 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_11_08_2006.asp
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A video of the December 3, 2008 community program, HartfordInfo Today: Raising the Bar: Preparing Hartford's High School Students to Succeed, which was held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: December 3, 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_12_03_2008.asp
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Susan Campbell asks: what is it going to take for us to provide paid sick days for all? If you're sick, you should stay home, but an estimated 600,000 Connecticut employees — and roughly 40 percent of private-sector workers nationwide — don't have paid sick days. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_022410.asp
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On paper, the numbers and categories are precise. Connecticut's jobless rate reached 7.5 percent in March, according to the state Department of Labor. Exactly 93,505 people received unemployment benefits. But the numbers are far larger when "hidden unemployment" is added in — a measure of those who have stopped looking for work or can find only part-time work. By some estimates, hidden unemployment now affects nearly one in seven Connecticut residents who consider themselves part of the workforce. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041909.asp
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This report from the Connecticut Departments of Labor and Higher Education is a comprehensive report on the employment of graduates of the State’s public college system. The report summarizes the employment and compensation experience of students who graduated from the 18 public colleges during the 2007 school year. The report also provides a detailed summary of graduate employment by industry sector and college degree program for the state as a whole, for each system of education and for each individual institution. This year for the first time the report also includes a matrix of employed graduates by program of study and industry sector. (PDF document, 117 pages) Published by
State of Connecticut, Departments of Higher Education and Labor
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Link: /issues/wsd/Education/HigherEdReport_2006-07grads.pdf
Related Link(s):
State of Connecticut Department of Labor
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Although decades of research indicate that raising the minimum wage does not adversely affect employment, this untrue claim is recycled whenever the Connecticut General Assembly considers providing working people with a small wage increase. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050313_1.asp
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The House of Representative recently passed a plan to raise the minimum wage by 50 cents per hour over two years. The measure was a compromise, reducing the raise from $1.50 per hour over two years and removing a provision to increase minimum wage with inflation. Now the Senate has to decide whether to take it up; Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has said he'd sign the bill. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050412.asp
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The Hilton Hartford hotel has closed on a $7 million federal loan that will help maintain operations and protect more than 150 jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 29, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_122910.asp
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How's the Connecticut economy doing? Better, thanks, but we're not exactly sure -- in part because of a quirk in the way the state rolls out job reports. Every March, the state Department of Labor churns out a delayed figure for January along with revisions for the previous year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_031212.asp
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Under pressure by union organizers, the owner of the new Marriott Hartford Downtown made a surprise countermove recently, asking the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a vote asking hotel employees if they want to unionize. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 19, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_041906.asp
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Lawmakers in the House of Representatives, after a debate topping 10 hours, voted 78-65 to approve a bill that would bar employers from requiring their workers to attend meetings to discuss religion, politics or union organizing. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 12, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_051211.asp
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Close to 100 people jammed into a recent meeting of the Maple Avenue Revitalization Group (MARG) but it was Democratic Town Committee Chairman Sean Arena who asked the question that was on almost everyone’s mind. After listening to officials from the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) describe the organization’s massive, $1.6 billion Clean Water Project, Arena asked, “Do you have an estimate of the number of jobs the project will provide for Hartford residents?” Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_news_021909.asp
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This volume of Connecticut Economic Outlook, suggests that if the Federal and international stimulus initiatives do not take hold by the end of 2009, Connecticut may see a deepening recession with job losses hitting 110,000 or more by 2011, with no end in sight. The result of the capital market crisis and serious losses in exports, the hole would be deep indeed. But if domestic and international stimulus packages take hold, generating a stronger national recovery, Connecticut employment losses would reach only 100,000 in mid-2010, then begin to recover. (PDF document, 5 pages) Published by
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
; Publication Date: May 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/CTOutlook_2009May.pdf
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A video of the February 13, 2009 community program, How the Nonprofit Community Can Take the Lead in Addressing Basic Human Needs, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: February 13, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_02_13_2009.asp
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After four-and-a-half months of picketing, and negotiations that moved further apart since the strike began, almost 400 Spectrum Healthcare nursing home workers offered to return to work unconditionally — but the company will not take all of them back. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_090910.asp
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Hundreds of people turned out recently for a chance at one of 75 full- and part-time positions available at the renovated Hilton Hartford, scheduled to open March 1. With job growth in the hospitality industry already exceeding that of other industries in the state, the heavy turnout bodes well for filling hundreds of new hotel positions in downtown Hartford in the coming months. That stands in sharp contrast to other industries, particularly manufacturing, that are going begging for suitable workers. In addition to the Hilton, two other hotels are expected to open in 2005: the 409-room Marriott at Adriaen's Landing in June and a 110-suite extended-stay hotel at the former Bond Hotel this fall. And last week, plans for two more hotels near Adriaen's Landing were announced that could add another 260 rooms. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_011605.asp
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Task At Hilton: Make Deadline
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Capital Workforce Partners (CWP)
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Hotels, Restaurant Planned
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Big increases in immigration since 1990 have not hurt employment prospects for American workers, a study released recently says. The report comes as Congress and much of the nation are debating immigration policy, a big issue in this fall's midterm congressional elections. The Pew Hispanic Center found no evidence that increases in immigration led to higher unemployment among Americans. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 11, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Immigrants/htfd_courant_081106.asp
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In this op ed, the author, Mike Peters, expresses the opinion that at the very time Hartford's image is being recast in a more favorable light some labor unions are discouraging potential visitors from spending their time and money in Hartford. He urges Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Mayor Eddie A. Perez to help resolve this issue quickly and fairly and suggests that we need their leadership now more than ever. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_072706.asp
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Citing critical construction issues and a pressing deadline, ING Group pulled the plug on its plan to move 2,000 workers from Hartford to a site at the $2 billion development planned for Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Instead, the Dutch financial services conglomerate announced it would build a facility in Windsor and still meet a key goal of state officials who wanted, at a minimum, to keep the workers in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_011006.asp
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State economic development officials are prepared to subsidize a move by ING Group from Hartford to a campus that the financial-services company hopes to build in East Hartford, prompting Mayor Eddie A. Perez to accuse the state of undermining the city's efforts to retain about 2,000 jobs. The governor's office responds that they tried to keep the jobs in the city, but their ultimate responsibility is to keep the jobs in the state. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 30, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_063005.asp
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In a boon to the Insurance City, The St. Paul Travelers Cos. plans to add about 500 jobs in Hartford and more than 100 others in Windsor, and is launching a major office renovation and expansion project to house the growing workforce. With business and profits growing, the insurer is expected to add the jobs over the next two years and to put some employees in a sixth downtown location - the landmark Gold Building at One Financial Plaza. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 25, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_072506.asp
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The St. Paul Travelers Cos., whose merger two years ago raised uncertainty about jobs in the long term, said recently that it plans to add 1,000 positions nationwide this year and signaled that hundreds of them could be in Hartford. The company would not be specific, but said a "substantial" number of the 1,000 jobs will be in the city. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_012706.asp
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Despite mergers and layoffs, Connecticut's insurance industry is still kicking - even growing a little - and it's using a new study to trumpet the companies' vital role in the state's economy. Whether you look at employment levels, payroll or other measures, Connecticut is still, by far, more dependent on insurance than any other state, according to the 48-page study done for the industry by the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_121006.asp
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Despite mergers and layoffs, Connecticut's insurance industry is still kicking - even growing a little - and it's using a new study to trumpet the companies' vital role in the state's economy. Whether you look at employment levels, payroll or other measures, Connecticut is still, by far, more dependent on insurance than any other state, according to the 48-page study done for the industry by the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 10, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Region/htfd_courant_121006.asp
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Forbes, one of the nation’s most prestigious business magazines, recently bestowed some good news on the city of Hartford, ranking it the 10th-best city in the country to go looking for a job. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: January 14, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_advocate_011411.asp
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Service Employees International Union announced recently that they had reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract with employers. The tentative contract provides a 50 cent annual hourly pay increase for the next four years. That equals an increase of about 4 percent a year for janitors who work in Hartford and about 5 percent for those who work in the suburbs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 21, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_122107.asp
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A few hours before the state jobs report was released — showing that unemployment had ticked up to 7.8 percent in May — a sparsely attended job fair showed how politicians are trying to chip away at what feels more and more like an intractable problem. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061512.asp
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Reports released recently show that Connecticut has now lost more jobs in this recession than in the previous one, in 2000-2003, and that job losses will continue to increase for at least another year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 22, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_052209.asp
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Amidst the flurry of activity that marked the end of the 2007-08 legislative session was the passage of a bill that may have a profound effect on Hartford long into the future. The act is primarily concerned with making it easier for minority and local firms to obtain contracts on the Metropolitan District Commission’s massive Clean Water Project. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_051508.asp
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Connecticut's unemployment rate stood at 8.2 percent in December 2011, down from 8.4 percent the month before. Unemployment has not been this low in Connecticut since May 2009. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012412.asp
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From January through April, Connecticut’s economy created nearly 9,000 jobs, exceeding expectations of a much slower recovery. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_052110.asp
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The state's unemployment ticked down in February 2012 to 8 percent for the first time in nearly three years, but the job picture for 2010 and 2011 came out looking worse than earlier reported after the state issued revised numbers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_031312.asp
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A sweeping economic development package that aims to create more jobs in the state was overwhelmingly approved in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050210.asp
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At a recent special legislative session on jobs, much of the spotlight is likely to be on Maine-based Jackson Laboratory's proposed billion-dollar project in Farmington. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_102311.asp
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Connecticut will use $5.8 million from a federal green jobs grant to expand the Jobs Funnel program outside of Hartford, Connecticut Department of Labor Commissioner Glenn Marshall said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 10, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041012.asp
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A video of the March 2, 2010 community program, Jobs in the City of Hartford: Hartford Planning and Economic Development Committee Meeting, held at the Hartford Public Library. Published by
HartfordInfo.org
; Publication Date: March 2, 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Videos/wsd_03_02_2010.asp
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For the Class of 2009, the job hunt was positively grim. It was the worst job market since the early '80s and it continued through the end of the year. Demand for this month's crop — starting with 4,780 graduating with bachelor's degrees from the University of Connecticut — remains far from pre-recession levels. But students, and the career placement staff helping them, see signs of life. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 09, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050910.asp
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Homelessness is on the rise in Connecticut. Those on the front lines say the tanking economy, punishing fuel costs and housing mortgage mess are all contributing factors. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: June 05, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/htfd_advocate_060508.asp
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MetLife plans to cut costs after its recent acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity, in part through layoffs. Potentially hundreds of Travelers' 2,000 Hartford workers could be terminated. Worse would be removing the business from Hartford altogether. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 28, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_022805.asp
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Ideally, the state would use the incentive money in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's well-intentioned "First Five" program to lure companies from other states to locate and grow in Connecticut. Instead, most of the grants aimed at job creation are going to companies already here to prevent them from leaving. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 03, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_070312_1.asp
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Capital Workforce Partners, having a received a large number of applicants for summer jobs, needs a larger budget in order to employ youths – Hartford's future workforce. Providing jobs for these youths would not only benefit the city's economy, but also reduce violence and crime. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 23, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_052205.asp
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The unions boycotting the Connecticut Convention Center and its adjacent Marriott hotel have temporarily suspended their boycott as part of an agreement for a "cooling-off period" called for by the mayor. While the unions called the boycott a success in demonstrating that Adriaen's Landing couldn't succeed under the "cloud of a labor dispute," convention center and hotel officials disagreed, saying the real victims of the boycott were the city's image and the workers who lost wages as business fled the two facilities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 29, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_072906.asp
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Brewing labor trouble at a pair of key venues in downtown Hartford took new twists recently. Faced with the prospect of crossing a picket line, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton canceled a scheduled appearance at the Civic Center, while an ongoing dispute over union representation prompted city officials in Hartford to file legal papers against the company that runs the downtown Marriott Hotel and the adjacent convention center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_052006.asp
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The labor peace that marked much of the Adriaen's Landing project in Hartford has hit what could become a major snag: Two unions, a hotel owner and the city are at odds over the thorny issue of union representation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_010806_a.asp
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New Labor Statistics: 45% of American Private Sector Workers Get Employment-Based Health Benefits; Down 63%; Published by
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Link: http://www.hartfordinfo.org/Issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/laborstatistics.asp
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A closed-door summit called to address labor unrest at the Connecticut Convention Center and adjacent hotel ended with optimism but no resolution, meaning discussions will continue - but so will a month-old union boycott. Representatives from the state, two unions, and the Waterford Group - which runs the convention center and the adjacent Marriott Hotel - declined to comment on the substance of the meeting. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 16, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_061606_a.asp
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On a rainy afternoon recently, Mayor Eddie Perez spoke at a labor rally in front of Adriaen’s Landing and called on the Waterford Group to come to a “labor peace” agreement with its employees at the Marriott Hotel or face the consequences. Those consequences, as outlined by Perez and other speakers at the rally, include the possible termination of the tax agreement the City currently has with the Waterford Group and also a boycott of the Convention Center. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 26 - May 3, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_news_042606.asp
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Dave Shoff, City of Hartford Zoning Enforcement official, was set to retire in six months. He was recently laid off as part of one of three measures the city took to deal with a projected $8 million budget deficit this year. In addition to laying off 56 employees, the city will not fill 30 vacant positions, and 46 workers took the city up on an offer of early retirement. The reduction of 132 positions is expected to save the city more than $6 million in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, when the deficit is projected to swell to as much as $40 million. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: November 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_advocate_110608.asp
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A pilot program run by the Greater Hartford Literacy Council and the New England Farm Workers' Council is fast-tracking local parents into the English-speaking work world. The program includes 15 weeks of intensive English literacy classes that are integrated with employment skills. The program is specifically for parents who are on welfare. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/literacy/htfd_courant_061805.asp
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The Metropolitan District Commission’s upcoming $1.6 billion sewer separation project is designed to improve the water quality of the Greater Hartford region. Legislation proposed by State Senator Eric Coleman and State Representative Art Feltman is designed to provide that 18.75 percent of the small business contracts needed to implement the project be set-aside for minority-owned firms. The bill also specifies that 25 percent of those employed in the project must be minority persons and 5 percent must be ex-offenders who have completed their probation or parole. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 11 - 18, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_news_041107.asp
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With one vote to spare in each chamber, the state legislature voted recently to override Gov. M. Jodi Rell's veto and guarantee a 35-cent increase next year in the state's hourly minimum wage. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_062408.asp
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The Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that for low-income young people without a job or much prospect of finding one, the right education and training are the keys to avoiding a dead-end future. For decades, the federally run Job Corps program has provided that help — and it has worked. Now, the U.S. Department of Labor has suspended new enrollment nationwide because of a budget shortfall of at least $30 million. It's a short-sighted move that should be reversed as soon as possible. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 07, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_040713.asp
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The Metropolitan District Commission has until 2020 to stop the flow of a billion gallons of raw sewage annually into area rivers. It's going to cost more than a billion dollars to do it. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: December 27, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/environment/htfd_advocate_122707.asp
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The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey, provides a snapshot of low-income working families in America and highlights the growing economic divide between working families at the top and bottom of the economic ladder. (PDF document, 9 pages) Published by
The Working Poor Families Project
; Publication Date: January 2013
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Link: /issues/wsd/FamiliesandChildren/Winter-2012_2013-WPFP-Data-Brief.pdf
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A summary of the Making Connections Hartford project. At its core Making Connections is a community-led change process. It relies on the active engagement of stakeholders from all sectors of Hartford to exert their will to influence the policies, programs, practices, and investments that will improve the well being of vulnerable families and distressed neighborhoods in sizeable, measurable and sustainable ways. The focus is on the Frog Hollow and Upper Albany neighborhoods, and on improving the lives of working families there. In particular, early childhood education, family economic security are the two areas in which the organization is working. (PDF file, 8 pages) Published by
Making Connections Hartford
; Publication Date: December 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/FamiliesandChildren/MCHpathways.pdf
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Rick Green comments on the proposal to change high school graduation requirements in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 02, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_050208.asp
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Armando Chavez is a legal resident, a homeowner, the founder of a growing business with three employees and in the process of opening a retail store in Enfield next month. He is a symbol of the powerful impact that immigrants can have on local labor markets - not by taking jobs Americans don't want but by fulfilling a demand that wouldn't otherwise exist. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_courant_041706.asp
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The federal government upped its support for the 9.4-mile New Britain-to-Hartford busway to $455 million. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 22, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_112211.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant expresses the opinion that in addition to resolving a $3.5 billion deficit, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has embraced the related and also herculean challenge of revamping the state's approach to economic development. With 170,000 residents out of work and job growth sluggish for years, he can't get started soon enough. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_012311_1.asp
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Governor Dannel Malloy is getting ready for a special session focused on jobs. Malloy spoke with religious leaders in Hartford recently about how to bring more of those jobs to the state's cities. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: October 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/jcohen_101711.asp
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Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in his budget speech recently that leaders of state employee unions haven't offered "nearly enough" money-saving ideas — and if they don't come across with savings and concessions adding up to $2 billion for the next two years, the alternative is "to completely shred the safety net and lay off thousands of state workers." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 16, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_021611_3.asp
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Early signs show that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is a solid manager, more of a listener than an ideologue, with a balanced, rational philosophy about making up the state's $3.7 billion shortfall. The tax increases announced recently seem to spread the pain around evenly without making Connecticut's precious employers head for the Virginia hills. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 16, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_courant_021611.asp
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy writes that the issue he worked on during his first few days in office is the same one he'll be dealing with throughout his tenure — we need to make sure people know Connecticut is open for business. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_012311.asp
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For a good bit of the last year, Boston was adding jobs faster than any metro area in the nation other than Dallas and Washington, D.C. Alan Clayton-Matthews, a Northeastern University economist who makes forecasts for the New England Economic Partnership, called the trend "spectacular job growth." Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012411.asp
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After the operator of the Connecticut Convention Center and adjacent Marriott Hotel effectively declined his private invitation to mediate an ongoing labor dispute, Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez decided to invite him again, publicly, in a press release. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 8, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_060806.asp
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In 2001 Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez formed a broadly representative task force of community leaders to develop an action plan to build a well-educated and highly skilled workforce by focusing on 18-14 year olds who are not in school or gainfully employed. This Final Report presents twelve recommendations in five categories. The Report is supported by the research, analysis and technical support of the Capital Region Workforce Development Board, the Hartford Department of Human Services, and the United Way of the Capital Area. Published by
City of Hartford
; Publication Date: February 3, 2003
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Link: /issues/wsd/workforce/default.asp
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Capital Region Workforce Development Board
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United Way of Capital Area
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In this op-ed, Timothy Stewart, mayor of New Britain, comments on Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez's support of the union, Unite Here! They are trying to unionize the roughly 140 full- and part-time workers at the Connecticut Convention Center, as well as the 220 people working at the adjacent Marriott Hotel. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_050106.asp
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A quarterly publication designed to share Mayor Perez's primary goals, objectives and accomplishments. The Spring/Summer 2009 issue includes updates on Open Choice at the Hartford Public Schools, enforcement of the noise ordinance, and the arts and heritage grant (PDF document, 5 pages) Published by
Office of the Mayor, City of Hartford
; Publication Date: June 1, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Government/Mayors_Update_Spring_09.pdf
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The Greater Hartford African American Alliance (GHAAA) held a rally in front of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) headquarters in Downtown Hartford recently to demand that the MDC meet the required minority hiring set-asides for its upcoming Clean Water Project. The requirements were laid out in a proposed bill put fourth by State Senator Eric Coleman and State Representative Art Feltman. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: April 25 - May 2, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_news_042507.asp
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When it comes to the $1.6 billion the Metropolitan District Commission will spend to repair the sewers in greater Hartford, State Sen. Eric D. Coleman and state Rep. Art Feltman want to make sure minority workers get their fair share of the work. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_040507.asp
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The presence of a Hartford businessman during crucial negotiations over a massive $1.6 billion regional sewer project was a major point of contention - and might have been a key factor in the talks' collapse. The talks - between officials from the Metropolitan District Commission, the region's sewer authority, and Hartford legislators - revolved around how much of the work would go to minority contractors. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 6, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Employment/htfd_courant_080607.asp
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Anyone looking for easy answers to Hartford’s unemployment problems found little comfort at a recent meeting on job creation held at the Hartford Public Library. The meeting was held by Hartford City Council’s Planning and Economic Development Committee in conjunction with the library and moderated by Councilman Matt Ritter. Panelists were David Samuels of the Community Party, Ron Walker, a job developer for Chrysalis and Tom Phillips, CEO and President of Capital Workforce Partners. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_news_030410.asp
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New York-based insurance company MetLife Inc. plans to acquire Travelers Life & Annuity in an $11.5 billion deal that will eliminate roughly 800 jobs from downtown Hartford. City officials are working with the company in an attempt to lower the number, noting that the loss of so many jobs will not only be detrimental for the city's economy, but also for the surrounding suburbs where many workers live. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 12, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_041205.asp
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MetLife Layoffs Can be Severe
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In the merge of MetLife Inc. and Travelers Life & Annuity, the projected number of job losses has been lowered to 490. Although state and city officials are reluctant to accept the loss, MetLife guarantees to keep 1,310 Travelers jobs a year after the merge and will bring to Hartford 200 positions from other states. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_041605.asp
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MetLife Cuts: Nearly 800
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MetLife Layoffs Can be Severe
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MetLife Inc. is likely to slash up to 1,200 Hartford jobs in its acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity. MetLife has also asked whether state financial aid is available for bringing some jobs to Connecticut from other parts of their organization. MetLife hopes to close its $11.5 billion acquisition of Travelers from parent Citigroup on July 1, 2005. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 30, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_033005.asp
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Despite last-minute confusion about jobs, MetLife Inc. has completed an $11.8 billion purchase of Hartford-based Travelers Insurance. In an agreement with Gov. M. Jodi Rell, MetLife had promised to have at least 1,310 jobs in Hartford for a year after the closing. The disagreement was whether MetLife agreed to have current Travelers employees fill all of the 1,310 positions for the year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_070205.asp
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MetLife's promise to employ 1,310 people in Hartford for a year after buying Travelers Life & Annuity expires today, but Snoopy isn't pulling up stakes. The company with the cartoon canine mascot, which has cut 476 local Travelers jobs, as expected, since the acquisition on July 1, 2005, says it won't deviate from the original jobs commitment - at least in the near future. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_063006.asp
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MetLife is living up to its much debated employment promise after buying Travelers Life & Annuity in Hartford, but isn't saying how many employees will ultimately lose their jobs. MetLife and Travelers' former parent, Citigroup, have already notified the state Department of Labor of 288 layoffs in the city, many of them already done and some slated around the ends of November and December. More layoffs are expected. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 15, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_111505.asp
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A new report by a prominent Washington think tank shows Hartford’s downtown lost more than 25,000 jobs between 2000 and 2010. But jobs in close-in suburbs and suburbs 10 miles or more from downtown also slipped during the decade, just not as fast. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_041813.asp
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This profile tracks recent economic performance in the Hartford metropolitan area compared to America’s 100 largest metro areas and the nation through the second quarter of 2010. (PDF document, 2 pages) Published by
Brookings Institution
; Publication Date: September 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/hartford_ct_metro_profile.pdf
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Connecticut has always been a state of haves and have-nots, but our economic challenges have widened the gap between them into a chasm. A new report from Connecticut Voices for Children (CVC), a research and advocacy group for low-income families with offices in New Haven and Hartford, offers a stark analysis: Connecticut is the only state in the nation to see a significant decline in the real wages of the poorest 20 percent of state residents. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: June 05, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_advocate_060508.asp
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The state's house of representatives voted recently to increase Connecticut's minimum hourly wage by fifty cents over two years. The measure is now in the hands of the senate. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: May 01, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/jcohen_050112.asp
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The Connecticut state legislature labor committee recently held a public hearing on a bill that would increase Connecticut's minimum wage from the current $8.25 an hour to $9 an hour on July 1, 2012 and $9.75 in July 2013. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 28, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_022812.asp
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Recently, the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly took a strong step toward growing and strengthening the wages of Connecticut's lowest-wage earners by voting to increase the state's minimum wage. In doing so, the committee also took a stand for women, as women are disproportionately impacted by a low minimum wage. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 17, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_051713.asp
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A bill to raise the state's minimum wage won the approval of a key legislative committee recently, surviving Republican efforts to amend it and a parliamentary maneuver that aimed to kill it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 13, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041312.asp
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More than 50 high school juniors participated in mock interviews with executives to prepare them for the real thing later in the year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 28, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_022813.asp
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Should city employees be required to live and pay taxes where they work? Some think so. The most recent numbers, for 2008-2009, show that 29 percent of the city’s 1,485 full-time employees live in the city. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: May 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_advocate_051110.asp
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Office cleaners employed by the Hartford Courant who are members of SEIU 32BJ , have been laid off. They are being replaced by contract work with Pressroom Cleaners, the new cleaning contractor. They would take a major cut in pay, loss of health care, and pension, if they go to work for Pressroom Cleaners. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: December 08, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_120811.asp
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Were the union fight at the year-old Connecticut Convention Center and adjacent Marriott hotel about low pay or shoddy benefits, a summit meeting like the one Mayor Eddie A. Perez has called might be a simpler affair. But while pay, perks, and workplace issues can be negotiated, it's tougher to bargain over principles. The debate turns not so much on the question of whether the more than 350 employees involved want to unionize, but rather, on the laws and rules that govern how they will decide. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_061506.asp
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The new national president of SEIU joined about 50 picketers at Park Place nursing home in Hartford, to support a strike that has lasted five weeks and shows no signs of ending soon. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_052110.asp
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The official opening of The Kitchen @ Hartford Public Library was held on August 29, 2013. The new cafe is adjacent to the main entrance of the Downtown Branch of the Hartford Public Library .In addition to giving library patrons a handy eatery, The Kitchen marks the start of an innovative new partnership between HPL and Billings Forge. This partnership provides a one-stop-shop for job training and permanent job placement for those who work in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: August 29, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_news_082913.asp
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The new management of the XL Center in downtown Hartford plans to keep a large percentage of the venue’s existing workforce on staff, but isn’t ruling out some layoffs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 06, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_050613.asp
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A new Wal-Mart opens on January 26 on the site of the city-owned old Charter Oak public housing project. The opening comes after a local ordinance was passed that mandates large retail stores to allow all manner of speech on or near their "city-affiliated" property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/legalissues/htfd_courant_010505.asp
Related Link(s):
Large Retailers Like Wal-Mart May Need to Comply with a Special Free Speech City Ordinance
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This study tracked five cohorts of Connecticut 10th grade students taking the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) between 1996 and 2000 over as many as 8 ½ years beyond high school. It followed these students through their college experiences and/or into the labor force to study and documents the many elements of their success critical to preparation for entry into a skillful workforce. (PDF document, 135 pages) Published by
University of Connecticut, Department of Economics and Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
; Publication Date: April 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/Education/NextSteps.pdf
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The Rev. John Thomas and Imam Mahdi Bray write an opinion piece about the ethics of crossing picket lines at the Marriott Hotel and the Connecticut Convention Center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_052806_a.asp
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The public comment session of the first Hartford City Council meeting of the year showed two prevailing issues on residents’ and stakeholders’ minds: housing and employment. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 09, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/homelessness/realhtfd_010912.asp
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As unemployment nationally creeps perilously close to 10 percent, people with jobs should consider themselves lucky this Labor Day. It just might not feel that way. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 07, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_090709.asp
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The Triangle Shirtwaist tragedy sparked union organizing efforts and a wide range of new safety laws. Yet even those reforms were vigorously blocked by manufacturers in Hartford and throughout the nation. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: March 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/history/htfd_news_031711.asp
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As many urban centers experience the re-emergence of turf battles, gunfire and loosely configured neighborhood posses, the term "gang" is creeping back into the Connecticut vernacular - particularly in Hartford. The solution, some say, is jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 5, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/familesandchildren/htfd_courant_040506.asp
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About 110 employees of The Hartford Financial Services Group's data center in Hartford will lose their jobs and some 280 others will be offered positions with IBM under a new outsourcing contract. The insurer said recently that its new five-year contract with IBM, which will handle many data center services, will provide The Hartford with more flexibility and ability to meet its goals for growth. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 24, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_012407.asp
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A labor dispute at Hartford's new Marriott Hotel got extra fuel recently as state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal released a legal opinion that bolstered the position of local unions and city officials. Blumenthal's opinion said that the new hotel at Adriaen's Landing, which receives city funding, is subject to the city's living-wage ordinance. And although Blumenthal's opinion did not make mention of unions, it does make it easier for workers at the hotel, operated by the Waterford Group, to organize. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 18, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_041806.asp
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Advocates hope the third time's the charm for legislation mandating paid sick leave. After much debate, the legislature's appropriations committee voted 28-18 to approve a bill that would require businesses with 50 or more employees to let workers accrue up to 40 hours of paid sick time a year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 24, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_042410.asp
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Connecticut moved a step closer recently to becoming the first state in the nation to mandate paid sick leave. A bill requiring businesses with 50 or more workers to offer paid time off to sick employees cleared the legislature's judiciary committee by a vote of 21-15. The measure has already passed the labor committee and now awaits action in the Senate. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 27, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_042711.asp
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When nurses' aides, housekeepers, kitchen staff and drivers went on strike at Avery Heights nursing home and assisted living in November 1999, they figured the picketing wouldn't last long. Instead, about 200 strikers were locked out two months later as the company hired permanent replacement workers — while still negotiating. After 10 years of legal wrangling through six appeals, the workers who were locked out will receive back pay with interest — $2.05 million in cash, an average of $15,433 for each of 133 affected people, plus nearly half a million dollars in pension benefits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 11, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_051110.asp
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The labor dispute at the year-old Connecticut Convention Center and its adjacent hotel has exploded, scaring away the state's Democratic Party convention, threatening the United Church of Christ's 2007 conference and putting Hartford on the front lines of a national union organizing effort. The dispute - not over wages or working conditions but, rather, over how to best unionize workers at the two facilities - has many wondering why the issue has stirred so contentious a fight between the business-friendly mayor and the management at the city's new convention showpiece. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 25, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_052506.asp
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As a coalition of city unions presented a plan to Mayor Eddie A. Perez to save millions of dollars, Perez said in a press release that the city's fire union had agreed to concessions of its own. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_060409_1.asp
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Entering the final six weeks of a yearlong agreement with Gov. M. Jodi Rell to maintain at least 1,360 jobs in Hartford, MetLife doesn’t plan on leaving a second on the clock. The company was down to 1,422 Hartford employees as of March 31 and plans to eliminate 69 more positions on or around June 30, which would bring its Hartford employment below the 1,360 mark just as the agreement expires. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: May 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_052206_a.asp
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The road of the refugee has never been easy. Being forced out of one’s native land because of war or natural disaster and settling in a strange country is a rocky, uphill path. But a group of refugees who have been placed in Hartford recently say their path has been made harder still because of inadequate assistance from Catholic Charities, which is in charge of the initial resettlement of the refugees. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: May 24 - 31, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/immigrants/htfd_news_052406.asp
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After being told that Walmart wanted protestors moved because they were allegedly impeding pedestrian and vehicle traffic, the singing and chanting group moved down to a space on the sidewalk where they were told by the police they needed to remain. But, the Hartford City Council has determined that “owners of retail stores located on city-affiliated property should be required to permit the exercise of certain speech and conduct on the non-business areas of their premises.” Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_112312.asp
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Enrollment at the Hartford Job Corps has fallen from 200 to 151 students in the past two months, since an enrollment freeze began, and only one new student has been allowed to enroll. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 02, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_040213.asp
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Bruce Haskell of Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc. gave this presentation at "Life After Landfill," a public forum on the future of the Hartford landfill. In it, he presents an overview of how other communities have developed plans for using their capped landfills, and information on alternatives for reuse and the public process for developing them. (PDF file, 28 pages) Published by
Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc.
; Publication Date: October 26, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/landfill/Landfill_10_26_06.pdf
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The State Department of Correction has launched a program focusing on female inmates who are within 18 months of release. Female inmates prepare for the life on the outside at the Charlene Perkins Center at York Correctional Institution. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 5, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_060505.asp
Related Link(s):
Prisoner Reentry Institute John Jay College of Criminal Justice The City University of New York
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This report on rebuilding the New England economy suggests that the most effective options for creating jobs, in the short- and long-term, are investing in infrastructure and building the skills of the current and future workforce. Tax cuts and business subsidies on the other hand, do little to create jobs in the short-run, and are not the most effective approaches to generating growth over the long-term. (PDF document, 42 pages) Published by
Political Economy Research Institute
; Publication Date: August 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/priorities_PERI.pdf
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The state's two-year crackdown on companies that avoid paying employee taxes and workers' compensation insurance has resulted in 220 stop-work orders at construction sites across Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: August 17, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_081709.asp
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The 'Bridges to Health Care Training' program is a 60 week pilot program that offers college classes to certified nurse aides. 'Bridges' is intended to give participants opportunities in health or health related careers and of earning more advanced degrees. The program, which started in January, is funded by a state grant. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 24, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_032405.asp
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The text of a proposal delivered by Hartford Public Services Coalition, a coalition of Hartford city employee unions, designed to help Hartford close the budget gap. (PDF document, 6 pages) Published by
Hartford Public Services Coalition
; Publication Date: June 4, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/Government/UnionOffer.pdf
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Lawyers for a group of day laborers facing deportation proceedings argued in federal immigration court recently that their arrests were illegal and they were targeted because they are Hispanic. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 3, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/Immigrants/htfd_courant_040307.asp
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More than 100 people chanting and carrying signs marched through downtown Hartford yesterday, calling for jobs, public safety and infrastructure investment, and an end to corporate greed. The march was part of a national protest to declare an economic emergency. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: November 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/jcohen_111711.asp
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Seventeen private schools have joined the mayor's initiative to expose more Hartford children to a rigorous college prep curriculum by pledging $11 million in partial and full scholarships over four years. Perez also plans to create a new foundation to raise more private support to send public school students to the private schools. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 21, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/Education/htfd_courant_072105.asp
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If it's our government policy to help teenagers and college kids earn more on summer vacation and at after-school jobs, then raising the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour might be a good idea. Half of all minimum wage earners, according to federal statistics, are 25 or under, so this would directly benefit young people. Because while it might be fashionable to say raising the minimum wage helps the working folks, it also hammers the just-barely-making-it businesses that hire them. Quassy is precisely the sort of Connecticut institution legislators should be worried about preserving — instead of driving closer to the brink with a new law that scores points for politicians but does little to help the state. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 20, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_032012.asp
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A dozen people, including some with SEIU, CCAG, and the machinists’ union, were peacefully arrested recently after blocking the Broad Street on-ramp to I-84 East as part of an Occupy Hartford protest. Although there were over 200 activists participating in the legal aspects of the action — rallying, picketing, and marching — a dozen, who had been prepared for civil disobedience, took part in blocking the entrance ramp. Before the event got underway, those planning to be arrested gathered in a small circle in front of Aetna on Farmington Avenue. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: November 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/realhtfd_111711.asp
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Thomas Phillips is the master convener of a regional workforce operation that develops skills of the unemployed and underemployed to match available jobs. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 02, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/hbj_040212.asp
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A working single mother's experience is compared to that of a State Representative's who insists that families can survive on minimum wage. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050105.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell was among 22 governors who recently petitioned leaders in Congress to again extend jobless benefits, as 400,000 unemployed workers throughout the nation lose their coverage this month. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 19, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_091909.asp
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This brief evaluates the HOPE VI efforts to help residents attain self-sufficiency. While there have been dramatic improvements in quality of life, there have been no overall changes in employment. HOPE VI residents’ poor health impedes their ability to work. Efforts that address barriers such as physical or mental health, or child care availability may be more effective than job placement in helping residents to find or retain jobs. is the site of a major Hope VI project, Dutch Point. (PDF document, 10 pages) Published by
The Urban Institute
; Publication Date: June 2007
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Housing/wsd_06_2007.asp#Hope6
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Over the next 10 quarters Connecticut will avoid a formal recession but will tally significant and growing job losses — about 7,000 lost by the end of 2009, according to a forecast released recently by University of Connecticut economists at The Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: February 18, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/hbj_021808.asp
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After finally achieving healthy gains, Connecticut's job growth will slow markedly in the next year and will flatten even further in 2009, a new report by the University of Connecticut predicts. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 9, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_080907_a.asp
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Metro Hartford lost about 23 percent of its manufacturing jobs from 2000 to 2010, but that erosion was slower than losses in the South, Midwest and in the nation as a whole, where 33 to 34 percent of the jobs evaporated, a new report shows. The Brookings Institution analyzed manufacturing employment in the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas — including all jobs at manufacturing companies, not just production jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 08, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050812.asp
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A weak economy prompted Gov. M. Jodi Rell to veto a two-step increase in the state's minimum wage, even though the first raise wouldn't take effect until 2009. But, this Courant editorial supports an override of the veto. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 01, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_060108.asp
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Connecticut is spending more money on unemployment benefits than it's generating to pay for them and might run out of money, even if it raises taxes on businesses to the legal maximum, state officials said recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 27, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_112708.asp
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In this editorial, the Hartford Courant suggests that last year the state spent $350,000 to bus 35-40 workers from Hartford to their jobs at the Eastern Connecticut casinos. That's a lot of money. But if those folks were unemployed and collecting benefits — casino jobs come with benefits — the state likely would be spending even more money. That suggests officials should find a way to keep the service, or some variation of it, on the road. Time is running out. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 19, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_071910.asp
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What a week for jobs in Connecticut. Connecticut spent $20 million to grab the world headquarters of NBC Sports Group to Stamford, with at least 500 new positions, perhaps many more. Additonally, the state legislature committed a walloping $626 million for basically the kitchen sink of jobs programs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 28, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_102811.asp
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Since the early ‘70s, Mozzicato-De Pasquale Bakery and Pastry Shop in Hartford has made a national name baking and selling sumptuous Italian breads and pastries at its South End facility. Six miles away, in the city’s North End, cheesemaker Sam Maulucci & Sons slowly built its reputation, starting in 1960, distributing its distinctive ricotta and mozzarella to area restaurants and supermarkets, later expanding into markets along the East Coast. Along the way, Mozzicato Bakery signed on as a major customer. Now, cheese has united the two cross-town family businesses. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: February 09, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_020909.asp
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Capital Workforce Partners runs a program to train, employ, and pay Hartford-area students. In the second in a series, Chris Walters, an intern at Telemundo Hartford/Springfield, is profiled. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 03, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/jcohen_080310.asp
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Nearly 40 security guards who work in state buildings have failed to persuade their private employer to negotiate a first union contract, though they joined the Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ a year and a half ago. Recently, some of those guards were joined by labor officials from other local unions and a smattering of politicians, and after a few short speeches, the group of about 80 people marched a half-mile in the bitter cold, starting in front of a state building near The Bushnell arts center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012313.asp
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Security officers employed by SOS Security marched in Hartford recently. Saying they wanted decent wages and benefits, security, and respect on the job, activists organized by 32BJ SEIU, the largest security officers’ union in the United States, held signs at the corner of Broad Street and Capitol Avenue during rush hour. Published by
Real Hartford
; Publication Date: January 23, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/realhtfd_012313.asp
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The Connecticut Association for Human Services has released the 2006 Connecticut KIDS COUNT Data Book, Seeds of Prosperity: Children of Low-Income Working Families, which highlights data and policy information related to family economics. In it, Judith Carroll and Kathleen Milnamow examine the condition of children in low-income working families and the association between income and child well-being. (PDF file, 84 pages) Published by
Connecticut Association for Human Services, Inc.
; Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Link: /issues/wsd/FamiliesandChildren/Seeds_of_Prosperity.pdf
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According Fred Carstensen, a University of Connecticut economist, claims that Connecticut was 47th in job creation in 2009 miss an important fact about the state's workers: Self-employed consultants, independent contractors, eBay and etsy.com entrepreneurs in the state aren't all on payrolls. And in Connecticut, as it turns out, the shift to self-employment has been higher than the national average. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 08, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_090810.asp
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When Mayor Pedro Segarra released his proposed 2012-13 budget recently, he will have to have plans on how to offset a revenue shortfall of $56.2 million — roughly 10 percent. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 14, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_041412.asp
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Located at 40 Woodland St. in the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood, Clothes Makes the Man is a 17-month-old program of Positive Momentum, a Hartford-based nonprofit charitable organization. Its mission is to help low-income men re-enter the workforce by providing free clothing to wear on interviews or to work. Along with clothes, clients receive a packet with tips on grooming, hygiene and etiquette as well as job seeking advice and career development counseling. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/htfd_courant_022205.asp
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Connecticut businesses, now more than ever, are finding it harder and harder to secure a work force that meets their needs. The problem was crystallized in the findings of the 2008 Availability of Skilled Workers in Connecticut Survey, conducted by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. The crux of the problem is two-fold: the state is challenged by the declining population of young people while the baby boomer generation is preparing for its retirement. The result is a diminished skilled workforce population that is becoming a critically important economic issue. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: March 03, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_030308.asp
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The new owners of the historic Connecticut Mutual headquarters in Asylum Hill will pump as much as $30 million into the now vacant complex and plan to lease space to several office tenants, possibly signing the first deal early in 2007. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_111706_a.asp
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This CCEA Outlook sees a deteriorating state economy, one that will just skirt a formal recession as total output continues to grow at an anemic rate, but it anticipates that the state will suffer modest job loses over the next two years. (PDF file, 6 pages) Published by
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
; Publication Date: February 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/economicdevelopment/CtOutlook_08feb.pdf
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This fact sheet is a brief summary of a translation paper on smart growth, part of a series produced by the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Published by
CenterEdge Project
; Publication Date: 2003
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Link: /issues/wsd/SmartGrowth/SmartGrowthandJobs.pdf
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The federal agency that protects the right to unionize argued in a hearing recently that Spectrum Healthcare fired and suspended workers as part of a campaign of intimidation against the union that represents more than 300 striking workers at four Connecticut nursing homes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 03, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_020311.asp
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Depending on who you talk to, paid sick leave will either save money by keeping contagious workers out of the office, or it might bankrupt your boss. Some state lawmakers and public health officials argue Connecticut and its workers need a law to require employers to provide paid sick leave. They are once again pushing legislation to do just that, but it's running up against stone-cold opposition from businesses and Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Published by
The Hartford Advocate
; Publication Date: April 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_advocate_042110.asp
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We know Connecticut’s jobs recovery is sluggish, but data released recently provides a window into how different parts of the state are faring, and how our cities’ growth compare to other cities. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 01, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050113.asp
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St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center will lay off about 200 employees in late August, as a shortfall in reimbursements for Medicare and Medicaid and a "modest decline" in patients exacerbates an already tight financial picture, the hospital's chief executive said. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 28, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_072810.asp
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The Stanley Works' plans to eliminate 2,000 jobs companywide is yet another sign of more bad times to come for Connecticut, as the New Britain-based maker of tools and building security systems joins the wave of mass layoffs being announced nationwide. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 12, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_121208.asp
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Connecticut's economy zigged up as the national economy zagged down in November 2010, and the state's unemployment rate ticked down to 9 percent from 9.1 percent in October 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_courant_121610.asp
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State and federal efforts to increase union participation have drawn the attention of many in Connecticut’s business community who fear increased costs and a loss of jobs. Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including all five U.S. House members from Connecticut, have reintroduced the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a top legislative priority for unions because it would let workers opt for unionization simply by signing cards, rather than through secret-ballot elections. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: March 30, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_033009.asp
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell has negotiated $637 million in concessions from the state's employee unions. But not everyone is happy about it. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 04, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050409.asp
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Connecticut will lose 7,000 jobs by late next year, undoing last year's celebrated return to its record employment level, economists at the University of Connecticut said in their latest forecast. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_021308.asp
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With 6,500 jobs and numerous state services on the line, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the state employee unions remained entangled in a high-stakes standoff as they struggled toward a single goal: avert layoffs at a time when Connecticut's unemployment rate is already at 9.1 percent. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 17, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_071711.asp
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Connecticut's economy is making progress. The unemployment rate is low, fewer people are unemployed and real income is on the rise. But the sticking point for the state's economy is the tortoise-like rate at which new jobs are being created. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 15, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_111506.asp
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Economists review state and local employment trends and speculate on 2005 numbers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 25, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012505.asp
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With the hope of creating more long-term jobs, the state is offering $225 million in low-interest financing for public and private projects that focus on cleaning up contaminated sites, transit-related construction and economic development. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_102509.asp
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Connecticut's nonfarm employment in September 2009 decreased 6,600 jobs from the revised August 2009 figure. On a seasonally adjusted basis, this is a decrease of 76,300 from the September 2008 total. (PDF document, 6 pages) Published by
Connecticut Department of Labor
; Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Employment/LaborSituation_0909.pdf
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The latest report from the University of Connecticut's Center for Economic Analysis is painful reading. The report — "No Jobs Recovery! When Will Connecticut's Misery End?" — suggests that job losses will continue into 2012. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 13, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_021310.asp
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Connecticut needs to come up with a comprehensive strategy that speaks favorably to small and large businesses, and begins scaling back its excessive debt and spending. Last year, 70 percent of the businesses surveyed by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association said the state's business climate was unfriendly. The perception is bolstered by a staggering report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis that lists Connecticut dead last in economic growth in 2012 — the second consecutive year in which the state's economy reflected no growth. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 21, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_062113.asp
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Mayor Eddie Perez addresses the City Council, reviewing progress of efforts in five areas: neighborhood and economic development, workforce development, education, homeownership, and community policing. Published by
Office of the Mayor
; Publication Date: March 8, 2004
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/stateofthecity04rev.pdf
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Mayor Eddie Perez addresses the City Council, reviewing progress and outlining plans for the coming year, in areas that include education, employment, housing, the digital divide, 3-1-1 and more. Published by
Office of the Mayor
; Publication Date: March 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/government/state_of_city_05.htm
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This document offers a snapshot of the state of the workforce in North Central Connecticut in 2007, and the challenges and solutions to increase workforce participation rates, transition lower-skilled workers to higher skills, and match future workforce talent to employers' needs. (PDF document, 8 pages) Published by
Capital Workforce Partners
; Publication Date: September 2007
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Link: /issues/wsd/employment/StateWorkforce-9-27-07.pdf
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When unemployment is higher than it's been in 30 years, politicians are eager — even desperate — to show they have the answers. Jobs plans, as a result, are flying fast and furious now that President Barack Obama has weighed in, campaigns are taking shape, and the state legislative session is set to open. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_020210.asp
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This summer Connecticut will start charging employers an extra fee to help pay back hundreds of millions of dollars the state borrowed from the federal government to fund unemployment checks to the jobless. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 31, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_013111.asp
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Unemployed people in Connecticut will get a maximum of 73 weeks of benefit checks, down from 99 weeks, in a change that is likely to be phased in this spring under a complex system run by the state and federal labor departments. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_022312.asp
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As Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tells it, Connecticut is on the road to recovery and economic revival. He cites the state's 7.7 percent unemployment rate — its lowest in more than three years and below the national rate of 8.1 percent. He doesn't mention that in April the state lost roughly 2,000 jobs and now has fewer jobs than a year ago. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061112.asp
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Connecticut is not creating enough jobs for the people who need them, with more than 169,000 unemployed statewide. Though the state added 5,200 jobs in May, temporary Census jobs accounted for about 4,900. About 46 percent of job seekers have been out of work for more than six months, the highest in 62 years of keeping records. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 17, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061710.asp
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The state's unemployment insurance fund became insolvent on Oct. 13, 2009, and Connecticut expects to borrow $900 million from the federal government to keep paying checks to a growing number of out-of-work residents. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_120109.asp
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Unemployment reached 9.1 percent in February, the highest rate yet in this recession, and the number of jobs in the state slipped. Nonetheless, experts agree that there are subtle signs of improvement in the Connecticut economy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 26, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_032610.asp
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This recession was particularly brutal, with 22,000 manufacturing jobs evaporating between July 2008 and January 2010. But as hard as it is to believe, it's manufacturing that's leading this economic recovery, both here and nationwide. Since January, Connecticut has added 2,200 manufacturing jobs. That's 15 percent of the state's total job growth, in a sector that makes up only 10 percent of jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 06, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_070610.asp
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The state will parlay $11 million in federal funds into summer jobs for 4,500 young people aged 14 to 24 throughout Connecticut — one of the few stimulus programs that is a wellspring of new jobs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 01, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/familiesandchildren/htfd_courant_060109.asp
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A workers strike at Park Place Health Center and at three other Spectrum Healthcare nursing homes with workers represented by Service Employees International Union began recently. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 16, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_041610_1.asp
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For Patricia Gaskin, a Hartford school bus monitor and chapter president of Conn. State Employees Association (CSEA), there was recently a victory for the safety and health concerns of school bus workers and students. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 29, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_032910.asp
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Dress for Success believes in the power of a good suit. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to helping women overcome obstacles to find employment and advance their careers. The Hartford organization recently celebrated its 10th year of providing business attire and career-development services to local women in need with a fashion show and fundraiser at Hartford Stage. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 06, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_060608.asp
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A government program that trains young people for work and matches them with employers can be the best social welfare program out there. The program includes subsidized jobs and training for students at dozens of employers, both public and private. Some of them, such as Aetna, hire students with state assistance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 12, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061212.asp
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XL Insurance continues to grow its Hartford presence. XL sells global insurance, reinsurance and financial products and services. There are 224 XL employees in Hartford. XL’s growth in Hartford is in sharp contrast to the consistent loss of insurance jobs in the Hartford region. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: November 27, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/hbj_112706.asp
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Hartford City Councilors Matt Ritter and Luis Cotto have agreed to sponsor a resolution calling for Congress to pass the Local Community Radio Act. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: February 26, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/region/htfd_news_022609.asp
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On Monday, September 21, 2009, Roseanne Haggerty, Executive Director of Common Ground made the following PowerPoint presentation to Hartford's North East NRZ. Common Ground is an organization based in New York City which renovates neglected buildings into mixed use spaces, often including affordable housing, green buildings, and neighborhood gathering areas. Common Ground was called to Hartford to examine the Swift Factory on Love Lane and Garden Street, and to brainstorm possible future uses for the building. (PDF document, 20 pages) Published by
Common Ground
; Publication Date: September 21, 2009
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Link: /issues/wsd/Neighborhoods/wsd_swift_building.asp
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Susan Campbell writes about state contract workers, many of them immigrants and new citizens, who are about to lose their health insurance. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 03, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_020309.asp
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It’s no secret that getting a job in today’s economy is far from easy. But it’s far harder for people who are just coming out of prison. That’s why Cord Smith, founder and executive director of the Lost/Found School of Thought (LFST) and an ex-offender himself, started a special program to teach people to become street vendors two years ago. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: December 02, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_news_120210.asp
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By some estimates, 630,000 Connecticut workers don't have paid sick days, and a good number work in the food-service industry. A bill before the state legislature grants paid sick days to employees in businesses with 50 or more workers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_021709.asp
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The Hartford Financial Services Group confirmed recently it will lay off 500 employees, including nearly 125 in the Hartford region, in a first wave of job cuts and that more layoffs will come next year. But at least investors got some good news. Battered shares of The Hartford shot up 58 percent after the company disclosed more information about its capital strength. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 04, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_110408.asp
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Mayor Perez and union workers recently participated in the opening of downtown Hartford's refurbished Hilton Hotel. Although a contract hadn't been reached yet, management and union officials were confident that negotiations would be successful. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 2, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_030205.asp
Related Link(s):
Hungry for Hilton's Jobs
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The goal in 2012 is to end Connecticut's dismal distinction of having the nation's worst record on job creation. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly have big ideas for Connecticut's economy. The challenge is making them operational. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 04, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_010412.asp
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The authors critique the MDC statistics on minority contracting. They say that the poor information provided by the MDC is more of the same and proves that the MDC is incapable of fixing the institutional racism itself. They call for an outside agency to come in to address the problems. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: September 21, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_092111.asp
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The MDC was recently recognized for its participation and creation of innovative approaches to local and minority hiring. The minority spending was almost nine percent, far in excess of any state, national or local goal. This article documents that spending. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: June 23, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_062311.asp
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Connecticut in some ways resembles Michigan, a high-wage industrial state with about the same proportion of union membership as of 2011 — 17.7 percent here, 18.3 percent there, compared with 11.8 percent for the nation. A year ago, few people thought the heart of the United Auto Workers would become the nation’s 24th right-to-work state. But it’s now all but done, awaiting the governor’s signature. Can it happen in Connecticut? The short answer is not anytime soon because no Democrat-controlled state legislature would ever consider it in this era. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_121112.asp
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The Social State of Connecticut is an analysis of the social
health of the state as measured by statistics tracking 11 indicators
covering the areas of health, employment, income, education, security, and
psychological well-being. The index of the report is available on line.
The 2003 full-text copy is available at the Hartford Public Library,
cataloged with the call number HA 285 .s6 Published by
Connecticut General Assembly
; Publication Date: March 14, 2003
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Health/wsd_031403.asp
Related Link(s):
The Social State of CT 2004 (84 pages; PDF document)
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The Social State of Connecticut is an analysis of the social health of the state as measured by statistics tracking 11 indicators covering the areas of health, employment, income, education, security, and psychological well-being. (84 pages; PDF document) Published by
Connecticut General Assembly
; Publication Date: April 2005
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Link: /issues/wsd/health/Social_State_CT_04.pdf
Related Link(s):
The Social State of CT 2003 Index
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This report examines the economic consequences of the recession in Connecticut. (PDF document, 33 pages) Published by
Connecticut Voices for Children
; Publication Date: August 2012
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Link: /issues/wsd/Employment/econ12sowctfull.pdf
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This report, part two of the State of Working Connecticut report, examines job growth, unemployment, and underemployment in context of past trends, as well as the current and oncoming economic difficulties. (PDF document, 38 pages) Published by
Connecticut Voices for Children
; Publication Date: December 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/Job_Trends_2008.pdf
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This report concludes that recent economic trends are undermining the foundations of Connecticut’s prosperity and threatening the well-being and economic security of our families. (PDF document, 23 pages) Published by
Connecticut Voices for Children
; Publication Date: August 2008
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Link: /issues/wsd/EconomicDevelopment/Wage_Trends_2008.pdf
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This report documents a $1 trillion gap. That is what exists between the $3.35 trillion in pension, health care and other retirement benefits states have promised their current and retired workers as of fiscal year 2008 and the $2.35 trillion they have on hand to pay for them. (PDF document, 66 pages) Published by
The Pew Center for the States
; Publication Date: February 2010
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Link: /issues/wsd/Taxes/The_Trillion_Dollar_Gap_final.pdf
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Capital Workforce Partners runs a program largely with public money to train, employ, and pay Hartford-area students. In the third in a series, an intern in the IT department at Aetna is profiled. Published by
Capital Region Report, Jeff Cohen @ WNPR
; Publication Date: August 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/jcohen_080410.asp
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As Mayor Eddie A. Perez tries to broker a deal between the state, the center's operator and two unions on how employees should consider unionizing, another union has entered the game. The Laborers' International Union signed an agreement with the state and the convention center's operator that allowed the union into the building recently to speak with employees. The result of the agreement will be a secret-ballot employee vote on whether or not to unionize. It was unclear how the entry of this new entity would affect efforts to end labor strife that has already driven business away from the year-old convention center. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 20, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_062006_a.asp
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Len Wolman, owner of the Hartford Marriott Downtown hotel and manager of the Connecticut Convention Center, makes a very persuasive argument that a city ordinance requiring him to sign a so-called labor peace agreement with unions or risk losing his tax breaks is illegal. Unite Here! and the Service Employees International Union, the two labor organizations seeking to recruit employees at the convention center and the hotel, have said that they would accept only a pact that adopts the "card-check neutrality" procedure for union representation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/DowntownDevelopment/htfd_courant_083006.asp
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It would be hard to understate Connecticut's role in U.S. automobile production: Scarcely any companies here make car parts for the imperiled Big Three. And yet roughly 25,000 jobs in the state, about 1.5 percent of all jobs here, are directly tied to the automotive industry, mainly in retail sales and service. Hundreds of those jobs have already been lost and many of the rest are in jeopardy, regardless of what happens with the $14 billion bailout package for Detroit. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 11, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_121108.asp
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If you had a job in 2009, it's likely the growth in your salary and benefits outpaced inflation. But because so many jobs disappeared last year, employers paid lower total compensation than they did the year before in 88 percent of the nation's most urban counties. Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven counties are in that group — all in negative territory. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_122310.asp
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Governor Rell and the General Assembly's Transportation Committee's recent actions show that Connecticut might see a multi-modal transit system that would keep Connecticut competitive with rapidly growing regional neighbors New York and New Jersey. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 3, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_040305.asp
Related Link(s):
Regional Plan Association
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Stewart Still Upbeat About Busway
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Rally Behind Busway
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There is some good news in Connecticut's job market, despite a continued barrage of grim data. It's halting and slow, but in the past month or two, companies have been calling temporary agencies and asking for workers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 23, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012310.asp
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Hartford police arrested 21 protesters recently at a rally for nursing home workers who have been on strike for seven weeks since negotiations fell through with Spectrum Healthcare nursing homes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 01, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_060110.asp
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The Hartford and The Phoenix Cos. have laid off another 285 Connecticut employees in cost-cutting efforts, bringing the total for the two insurers to 685 since late last year. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 27, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_062709.asp
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Even with federal stimulus money pouring in, the state will continue to lose jobs until mid-2010 and only begin to recover later that year at a sluggish pace, University of Connecticut economists say in a recent forecast. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 08, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050809.asp
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Connecticut’s unemployment insurance fund will be insolvent by the end of 2009, forcing the state to increase taxes on businesses and borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to make up for the shortfall, state officials have confirmed. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: April 06, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/hbj_040609.asp
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Leaders of a statewide Latino advocacy group are calling for the ouster of a regional union president after a labor dispute scared away headline speaker Hillary Rodham Clinton from the group's 30th anniversary gala in Hartford recently. Members of the Connecticut Association for United Spanish Action say the political action organized by a dozen Hartford-area trade unions against ING Financial Services cost them the services of the U.S. senator from New York and thousands of dollars in corporate sponsorship. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 21, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_052106.asp
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Hundreds of union workers streamed into Bushnell Park recently, for a labor union rally hosted by the Connecticut Laborer's District Council. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 02, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_050211.asp
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The union trying to organize workers at the Connecticut Convention Center and adjacent Marriott Hotel has agreed to call off its protests for a week, a move intended as a peace offering that would pave the way for a meeting. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 6, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_060606.asp
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One of the city's municipal unions has overwhelmingly rejected the mayor's suggested concessions as a way to help fix the broken city budget. The members of AFSCME Local 1716 voted the concessions down by a 110 to 1 vote, union leader Clarke King said. Published by
Hartford Cityline, The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 25, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/government/cityline_032509.asp
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Convention organizers are threatening to pull their business from the Marriott Downtown Hartford hotel and the Connecticut Convention Center because of a controversial union protest at the two facilities. In recent weeks, the Waterford Group and the Capital City Economic Development Authority — which oversee the hotel and convention center, respectively — have received letters from at least eight organizations expressing their unwillingness to bring thousands of potential convention-goers to the city while a union continues to battle the Waterford Group. Published by
The Hartford Business Journal
; Publication Date: May 22, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/hbj_052206.asp
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It was a hard week for unions. Thousands of service workers in areas as different as a nursing home, a call center and janitorial staffers in office buildings either learned they were losing their jobs or faced the rock-and-a-hard-place choice of accepting concessions or the potential of going without a paycheck for months. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 18, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_121811.asp
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This opinion piece explains the importance of labor unions in providing workers, especially service workers, with jobs with a living wage. The concept of labor peace, a negotiated process in which both sides agree to standards of behavior and treatment of workers, is presented as a means of resolving the labor questions at the Connecticut Convention Center and the Marriott Hotel in Hartford. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 28, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_062806.asp
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Stung by the award of a $130 million busway deal to a nonunion contractor from Massachusetts, the Laborers' union says it plans a tough campaign to hold the company to the letter of labor and safety laws. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 31, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/transportation/htfd_courant_033112.asp
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The November 2011 unemployment rate to 8.4 percent -- the lowest level since mid-2009. The number of jobless Connecticut residents stood at 4,700, according to the recent report from the state Department of Labor. It was the fourth consecutive month of declines in the unemployment rate. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 20, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_122011.asp
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The Metropolitan District Commission's Clean Water Project has been underway for five years. It is essential to the environment and well-being of the region. Residents of the eight MDC member towns — Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Windsor and West Hartford —vote Nov. 6 on whether to authorize $800 million for Phase 2 of the 15-year, $2.1 billion project. They should vote Yes. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 26, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_102612.asp
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Unemployment among Connecticut residents under 25 years old has risen more than any other group since 2007, according to the state Department of Labor. The next steepest increase has been among workers ages 25 to 34. In other words, the state's economy has been hardest on young workers. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: May 03, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_050313.asp
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Wal-Mart's public relations machine fired an opening salvo against a proposal that would require the retailing giant to spend more on employee health benefits. In a two-page "periodic fact sheet" that was sent to some state legislators, businesses and media, Wal-Mart criticized the proposal as poor public policy that imposes "arbitrary mandates" on employers while failing to reduce spiraling health care costs. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 17, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/Health/htfd_courant_021706.asp
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The state Department of Labor fined three Wal-Mart stores - in Hartford, Putnam and Norwalk - for 11 violations of state child labor laws. Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called for the state investigation after the retailing giant was granted privileged information about future investigations by the federal government. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 18, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_061805_A.asp
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Amid the flurry of shopping, another type of storm developed outside Wal-Mart locations throughout the country in the form of protests demanding that employees be given the chance to unionize. At least 50 protesters spent a few hours at the Hartford store handing out leaflets to shoppers while marching and chanting. One song, to the tune of a Christmas carol, began, "Deck the halls with health insurance," noting how many Wal-Mart employees are unable to get health benefits. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: November 23, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_112312.asp
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Connecticut Working Families, a coalition of unions and advocates for the working class, plan to distribute fliers to employees and sympathetic customers as they enter the new Wal-Mart store in Hartford. Their efforts are possible because of an unusual city ordinance that allows for demonstrations, protests or any other exercise of free speech on the property. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: January 26, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_012605.asp
Related Link(s):
Ordinance Intended to Guard Liberties
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New Rule Makes Hartford Hub of Wal-Mart Debate
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Wal-Mart Hits Critics In Media Blitz
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Hurricane Katrina's effects provide an opportunity to examine how Hartford compares to New Orleans in terms of poverty, job growth, and the economy. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 14, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/EconomicDevelopment/htfd_courant_091405.asp
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In papers filed recently in state Superior Court, the owner of the Hartford Marriott Downtown is seeking to have Mayor Eddie Perez sit for a deposition in a lawsuit filed over whether city labor law should govern the dispute that erupted between unions and employers at the Connecticut Convention Center in 2006. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: October 25, 2007
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Link: /issues/documents/government/htfd_courant_102507.asp
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Susan Campbell comments on the effort by a coalition of organizations spearheaded by the Connecticut Working Families Party to secure paid sick days for workers in Connecticut. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: September 21, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/health/htfd_courant_092108.asp
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The Hartford broadcast station WFSB plans to build a $23 million, 65,000-square-foot broadcasting facility in the Corporate Ridge office park in Rocky Hill. The news comes after a deal with the City of Hartford fell through. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: April 29, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_042905.asp
Related Link(s):
Lessons From a Deal Gone Sour
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WFSB Goes Suburban:
TV Station Breaks Agreement To Stay In Hartford
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On April 28, 2011 the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) was named 2010 Local Corporation of the Year by the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC). However, two community leasers contest the numbers of women and minorities who have been employed by the MDC or its subcontractors. Published by
Northend Agent's
; Publication Date: June 01, 2011
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Link: /issues/documents/neighborhoods/northend_agents_060111.asp
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The recession has forced a record number of small businesses to close, leaving thousands of their owners, many of whom struggled even in good times to make ends meet, without a safety net. Owners of limited liability company paying taxes as a sole proprietorship are ineligible. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: June 05, 2009
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Link: /issues/documents/downtowndevelopment/htfd_courant_060509.asp
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Connecticut lost 117,500 jobs from early 2008 to early 2010, but as of October it had replaced barely more than a quarter — half the recovery rate of the nation. The state unemployment rate has spiked to 9 percent, and although experts suspect that number is off somehow, it's certainly not going in the right direction. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: December 07, 2012
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_120712.asp
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Even as vast numbers of central Connecticut residents are out looking for jobs, the Hartford office of the U.S. Census Bureau is struggling to fill between 1,000 and 1,500 temporary positions paying $15 to $22.75 an hour. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: February 21, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_022110.asp
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Modeled after a similar initiative in San Francisco, Fresh Coat LLC, a Bridgeport-based nonprofit painting and moving company, is an ideal business for ex-convicts, with its low barrier for entry and minimal start-up costs, allowing inmates to circumvent more restrictive mainstream job application processes, experts say. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 28, 2008
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Link: /issues/documents/PrisonerRe-entry/htfd_courant_032808.asp
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Helen Ubiñas writes that there is no doubt casino workers who thought they'd be out of a job when their bus service was slated to end last month were relieved to learn that it would continue through December 2010. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: July 04, 2010
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Link: /issues/documents/economicdevelopment/htfd_courant_070410.asp
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Workforce and literacy profiles for 37 towns and cities in the Capital region. Published by
Capital Workforce Partners
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Link: http://www.hartfordinfo.org/Issues/wsd/employment/workforce_literacy_profiles.asp
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Diggs Construction, currently overseeing the renovation of five Hartford schools, reported that the city's goal of having 15% of the work come from women and minority-owned businesses, and 85% from union labor, has been exceeded with a total of 32.9%. Hartford residents, however, were meant to make up 30% but Diggs' study showed a 16.2% participation. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: March 22, 2005
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Link: /issues/documents/education/htfd_courant_032205.asp
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The Working Poor Families Project, with the support of the Annie E. Casey, Ford and Rockefeller foundations, has spent three years working in 15 states to examine both the conditions of low-income working families and public policies that can help improve lives. This report builds on that work and takes a broader look at low-income working families across the nation and key facets of an economic and public system that affect their ability to achieve economic security. PDF Document: 36 pages. Published by
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
; Publication Date: October 2004
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Link: /Issues/wsd/Employment/wsd_10_2004.asp
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Hartford's real problem, which affects the poor and working poor, is its high tax rate - 74.29 mills - that is ruining the chances for any opportunity for all of its citizens. Published by
The Hartford News
; Publication Date: September 05, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/taxes/htfd_news_090513.asp
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For three weeks this summer, about 25 Hartford youths, mostly boys, picked up brooms, rakes and shovels and swept away the empty bottles and trash discarded on Albany Avenue. Their involvement in the Saving Our Kids from The Streets program was by many accounts a positive experience for the youths. Some community leaders and local police say it might even have helped keep violent crime at bay by engaging teenagers who had the potential to get into trouble. But, while they expected to be paid, there is no money to do so. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 12, 2006
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Link: /issues/documents/FamiliesandChildren/htfd_courant_081206.asp
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On the same day when fast food workers in Hartford and across the country, many of them young, are protesting for sharply higher wages, an advocacy group has released a report decrying the high unemployment rate among people aged 16 to 24. The report from Connecticut Voices for Children, titled "The State of Working Connecticut 2013," reminds us that the issue of wages and joblessness among the working poor is anything but simple. Published by
The Hartford Courant
; Publication Date: August 30, 2013
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Link: /issues/documents/employment/htfd_courant_083013.asp
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