Posted on May 2, 2010
The House of Representatives have approved a plan to bail out the financially troubled University of Connecticut Healthcare Center, a bill that could potentially create or save hundreds of healthcare jobs in Connecticut (click here). The new plan could improve the center’s 35-year-old John Dempsey Hospital. According to the Hartford Courant.com, after three hours of […]
Posted on April 19, 2010
Finally some good news on the jobs front concerning the Connecticut unemployment rate. The state’s nonfarm employment in March was 1,614,500, an increase of 3,000 jobs from the revised February 2010 figure of 1,611,500, the Connecticut Department of Labor announced today. On a seasonally adjusted basis, this is a decrease of 30,600 from the March […]
Posted on April 13, 2010
Connecticut’s chief business lobby is warning that a bill aiming to restrict state contracts from going to companies that ship work outside the United States will reduce cost-effective competition and potentially cause the loss of jobs in Connecticut (click here). According to HartfordBusiness.com, the bill, which has passed out of the labor and public employees […]
Posted on April 6, 2010
To help stop the hemorrhaging of telecommunications jobs in Connecticut, unions have begun setting new rules centering around how call centers are staffed. Connecticut unions and their allies in the General Assembly have cleared the first hurdle for legislation. According to the Associated Press, the legislation overcame opposition from telephone companies that denounced it as […]
Posted on March 31, 2010
Marlin Firearms Co., a 140-year-old company which made a gun that was a favorite of Annie Oakley, is closing its Connecticut plan, a move that will cost Connecticut manufacturing jobs. According to the AP, workers at the plant in North Haven say they’ve been told all 265 employees will lose their jobs. Jessica Kallam, a […]
Posted on March 16, 2010
Apria Healthcare, a company that distributes diabetic and respiratory supplies to patients in Connecticut and across the nation, has said that it will lay off 15 workers by the end of April, thereby eliminating several healthcare jobs in CT. The reason is unclear, according to HartfordBusiness.com. The announcement comes at a time when Connecticut jobs […]
Posted on March 2, 2010
According to Charles Zien, the president of United Tool and Die in West Hartford, thousands of manufacturing jobs in Connecticut are at risk if the Pentagon considers outsourcing Boeing to French manufacturer Airbus. In a blog on the Hartford Courant.com, Zien states, Connecticut’s defense industry might not be the jobs engine it once was, but […]
Posted on February 23, 2010
There has been a steady stream (or some may call it a slow trickle) of green jobs in Connecticut. For more information on green jobs in Connecticut, click here. According to an article on TheDay.com, Zerodraft in Connecticut is hiring. The company, which weatherizes homes to increase energy efficiency, is adding more employees to deal […]
Posted on February 10, 2010
According to a new study released by the University of Connecticut, Connecticut jobs will continue to be eliminated, as outsourcing and government budget problems dim employment recovery prospects. The report begins by grimly stating, there is no jobs recovery in sight. Assuming national growth trails off from the unsustainable 5.7% of the fourth quarter, Connecticut […]
Posted on August 31, 2009
Even though the state continued to lose jobs last month, the Connecticut unemployment rate declined. During July, the state saw its unemployment rate decrease from 7.9 percent to 7.8 percent, which is lower than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. Prior to July, Connecticut hadn’t seen its unemployment rate decrease since September 2008, when […]
