Foreign Hershey workers continue protest
HERSHEY, Pa. -- The famous chocolate maker based here makes a lot of tasty sweets that are sold worldwide, but Natalia Niewiadomska, a 22-year-old college student from Poland, wasn't feeling sweet toward the company Friday.
A smaller share of young people snagged jobs this summer than any other year on record, a new report shows.Amid high unemployment, jobs were particularly elusive for the 16 to 24-year-old set between April and July. Some 48.8% of young people held jobs in July, the lowest rate for that month based on data going back to 1948, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
Patrick pressured on illegal immigration after fatal crash in Milford
MILFORD — On the heels of Saturday’s tragic fatal accident, state Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, wrote to Gov. Deval L. Patrick asking what his administration will do about unlicensed drivers, and for Mr. Patrick to reconsider his position against a federal program that would prioritize the deportation of illegal immigrants with criminal pasts.
When Rick Perry got into the Republican presidential race, many party conservatives rejoiced that they had found their candidate. But not the party's vocal immigration hard-liners. On their issue, they rate the Texas governor slightly worse than the rest of the GOP presidential hopefuls.
Quinn hits back against immigration checks
Chip Mitchell August 25, 2011
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is trying to throw another wrench into a key immigration-enforcement program of President Obama’s administration, saying it ensnares too many people and erodes trust in local police.
As President Barack Obama puts together a new jobs plan to be revealed shortly after Labor Day, he is up against a powerful force, long in the making, that has gone virtually unnoticed in the debate over how to put people back to work: Employers are increasingly giving up on the American man.
Alabama Tries to Connect Jobless Residents With Farm Jobs, Finds Few Employers Willing to Hire
By Stephen Clark
Published October 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com
With Alabama's new immigration law scaring off many illegal migrant workers, the state is offering job placement for legal residents wanting to work in the hard-hit agriculture industry -- it seems, however, that local farmers think the work may be too hard for most Americans.