A new presidential order is giving many young, undocumented immigrants in mid-Michigan a shot at legal temporary employment. The DACA program, or Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals, took effect Wednesday. The Obama Administration order applies to young undocumented immigrants who arrived here before the age of 16. Ramiro Estrada arrived in Lansing as a 12-year old. He would like a job to continue his college education in nursing. I will be able to apply for a job and get the money to keep on going with my schooling, he says. Immigrants, clergy and other advocates are holding a workshop about the process Wednesday afternoon at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Lansing. Conservatives argue DACA is unfair. Republican state representative Rick Jones of Grand Ledge says such measures fly in the face of legal immigrants and other citizens who cant find work.
New Order Helps Young Undocumented Immigrants
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Snyder: Michigan Needs to Educate More People for Skilled Trades
Governor Rick Snyder says Michigan and the rest of the country lost sight of the value of vocational training as young people were encouraged to get four-year college degrees.
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Careers In Sight, 'Millennial' Students Explore Lansing
Some Michigan college students with doubts about staying in the state are reconsidering Lansing.
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MI Jobless Rate Dips In October
Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate dipped slightly in October, and is down almost a full point from where it was at this time last year. It’s still higher than the national average.
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Michigan Monthly Jobless Rate Remains At 8.4% In May
Michigan’s monthly jobless rate remained unchanged from April to May at eight-point-four percent.
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Michigan Jobless Rate Jumps As More People Look For Work
Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate jumped slightly to 8.7% as more people are competing for jobs.
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Sequestration's potential impact on Michigan workers
In a recent opinion piece in the Lansing State Journal CEO of Capital Area Michigan Works Doug Stites wrote that the 20% funding cuts to his agency come at a critical time when efforts to retrain Michigan workers for in-demand jobs is extremely important. At the same time, a number of taxpayers are skeptical of the publicly funded agency's work.
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Michigan Jobless Rate Hits 9%
Michigan’s unemployment rate has edged upward for the third month in a row, hitting 9 percent.
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The risks and rewards of unpaid internships
As the university school year winds down, many students are preparing for summer unpaid internships, hoping to improve their employability.The practice of not paying interns has become increasingly widespread.
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LEAP official: City holds companies accountable with development agreements
Today we look at how economic incentives are used in the Lansing area. There is fierce competition out there among cities and communities, not just in Michigan but across the country, to attract new businesses that will bring jobs and economic growth. This competition often gives companies the upper-hand when asking for tax abatements and other incentives from local taxpayers. But just how much should Lansing give up in tax revenue for, say, 1000 new jobs? And once that deal is made, how are the numbers tracked to see if, indeed, those new jobs have materialized? What are the consequences if they don’t?
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Michigan scholar explores destructive impacts of globalization
Millions of Americans have serious doubts about globalization. Jeffery Rothstein is a Michigan scholar whose new book “When Good Jobs Go Bad,” explores the declining job quality that he says is also a result of globalization. After several decades of globalization, American critics of the phenomenon have become a force to be reckoned with. They says globalization's economic and social benefits have been oversold. They dismiss the mantra that free trade, expanded immigration and technological progress are unquestionably good. They point to the a continuing tide of U.S. auto manufacturing facilities in Mexico as the prime example. The 2016 presidential election is the setting for a lot of the criticism, notably from Republican front runner Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders. Jeff Rothstein is a professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University in Allendale. He's the author of the recently released book “When Good Jobs Go Bad: Globalization, De-unionization, and Declining Job
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Ford To Cut 1,400 Jobs In North America, Asia
Ford is cutting 1,400 jobs in North America and Asia Pacific this year in an effort to boost profits.
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Amazon Plans 1,600-Job Facility in Romulus
Online retailer Amazon.com plans to open another fulfillment center in Michigan.
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Summer Jobs Program To Employ More Than 8,000 Detroit Youth
Summer jobs are being provided for 8,127 teens and young adults this year through the Grow Detroit's Young Talent Program.
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Michigan Snags 1,000 Jobs for Flint and Detroit
Michigan has approved incentives to land at least 1,100 new jobs in the state, including hundreds being added by an auto supplier in the embattled city of Flint.
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Small Cities Have Big Dreams of Landing Amazon HQ2
The retail giant Amazon is looking for a second home and there are a lot of contenders trying to land the project being called “H-Q-2.” At stake are many thousands of jobs and a new economic anchor for the winner.
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Gov. Snyder Asked To Ban Local Ordinances On Job Interviews
The Legislature has sent a bill to Governor Rick Snyder that forbids local governments from adopting ordinances dealing with questions employers may ask in job interviews.
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New Order Helps Young Undocumented Immigrants
A new presidential order is giving many young, undocumented immigrants in mid-Michigan a shot at legal temporary employment. The DACA program, or Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals, took effect Wednesday. The Obama Administration order applies to young undocumented immigrants who arrived here before the age of 16. Ramiro Estrada arrived in Lansing as a 12-year old. He would like a job to continue his college education in nursing. I will be able to apply for a job and get the money to keep on going with my schooling, he says. Immigrants, clergy and other advocates are holding a workshop about the process Wednesday afternoon at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Lansing. Conservatives argue DACA is unfair. Republican state representative Rick Jones of Grand Ledge says such measures fly in the face of legal immigrants and other citizens who cant find work.
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Snyder: Michigan Needs to Educate More People for Skilled Trades
Governor Rick Snyder says Michigan and the rest of the country lost sight of the value of vocational training as young people were encouraged to get four-year college degrees.
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Careers In Sight, 'Millennial' Students Explore Lansing
Some Michigan college students with doubts about staying in the state are reconsidering Lansing.
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