UNEMPLOYMENT see also Employment
Addresses
On Theories of Unemployment: Robert M. Solow, 31244 [6NO]
Amendments
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 18563 [1JY]
Job Training Act: establish incentive bonus for placement (S. 514), 4358 [26FE]
Poverty: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless (S. 811), 6678-6680 [24MR]
Analyses
Employment Training for AFDC Recipients (H.R. 2245), 14427 [2JN]
Food Stamp Family Welfare Reform Act (H.R. 3337), 24946-24950 [23SE]
Articles and editorials
Almost Poor—Holding Jobs, Seeking Careers—A Fifth of America Living on the Margin, 30939 [4NO]
Bad Idea Then, a Bad Idea Now, 18101 [29JN]
Black Youth Unemployment Crisis, 7764 [2AP]
Can Army of Unskilled Youth Be Redeemed?, 26743 [6OC]
Customized Job-Training Yields 17 Candidates for First Jersey, 20114 [15JY]
Democrats' European Disease, 18716 [1JY], 18889, 18904, 18910 [8JY]
EPA Denies Use of Fines for Douglas, 1645 [21JA]
EPA Report Ignores ``Happiness'', 1644 [21JA]
First Jersey Banking on Unemployed To Fill Jobs, 20113 [15JY]
First Jersey—Jobless Get Lessons in Banking Skills, 20114 [15JY]
Hard Hit CWA Members Tell Why We Need ``Jobs With Justice'', 24119, 24120 [16SE]
Hard Look at Unemployment, 13032 [19MY]
Heinz—Cut Penalty, 13564 [21MY]
In Texas, a Grim New Appalachia, 16276 [16JN]
Job Isn't Always a Solution—Some Can't Afford to Work, 26741 [6OC]
Job Machine Has Not Broken Down, 4640 [3MR]
Job-Destruction Bill, 7657 [1AP]
Joblessness and Racial Tensions, Senator Simon, 2649 [3FE]
Jobs for Everyone, 9793 [27AP]
Lack of Flexibility Proves Expensive, 15097 [9JN]
Let's Not Torpedo the Growth of Jobs, 15486 [11JN]
Matter for the Entrepreneur, 28789 [21OC]
Metzenbaum's Metzen-bomb, 7657 [1AP]
Misreading the Jobs Machine?, 1413 [16JA]
Myth of a Post-Industrial Economy, 3451-3453 [18FE]
Myth That Won't Quit, 23669 [9SE]
On the Job, 1362 [14JA]
Plant Closings—Government, Industry Must Find Way To Allow Advance Warning, 4790 [4MR]
Plant Closings—Warnings, Not Laws, 7657 [1AP]
Poverty Breeds Court Trouble, So Jobs Proposal May Bolster Justice, 1674 [21JA]
Progress on the Trade Bill, 18925 [8JY]
Psychological Murder, 10170 [28AP]
Time for a New WPA, 2649 [3FE]
Urban Job Boom Remains a Bust for Young Blacks Seeking Work, 13705 [27MY]
Use for PD's $400,000 Fine, 1644 [21JA]
We Need To Return to the WPA Days, 3837 [19FE]
Work or Welfare Dilemma Difficult, 5714 [13MR]
Work Plan Might Work, 10933 [1MY]
Workfare, Not Welfare, Makes a Lot of Sense, 3155 [5FE]
WPA Met a Big Need, May Again, 5651 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions
AFDC recipients: training (see H.R. 2245)
BLS: accounting of unemployed (see H.R. 1639)
Civilian Conservation Corps II: establish (see H.R. 687, 978)
Community facilities: job opportunities to repair and renovate (see H.R. 40)
Compensation: extended benefits (see H.R. 19, 2054)
———integrated service delivery and other demonstration projects to test methods of reemploying dislocated benefit recipients (see H.R. 3213)
———limitations on reduction on credit applicable to employers in certain States (see H.R. 2801)
Defense contracts: assistance and training for persons in localities affected by termination (see H.R. 2276)
Depressed areas: community adjustment assistance program (see H.R. 681)
Dept. of Labor: limit authority for reductions in force within Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (see S. 901)
Dislocated workers: delivery of services and information (see H.R. 728)
———financial assistance for supplemental training programs (see H.R. 1461)
———trade readjustment allowance extension (see H.R. 2162)
Ecology: job training benefits for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (see S. 370)
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1122)
Education: employment program to repair and renovate certain facilities (see H.R. 143)
———establish Literacy Training Program relative to employment (see S. 904)
———minimum funding for certain outreach recruitment and training programs (see H.R. 1373)
Employment: bonus for placement of certain persons (see H.R. 2246)
Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2676)
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers (see S. 1254)
Food Stamp Plan: reform (see H.R. 3337)
Foreign trade: adjustment to international competition (see S. 524; H.R. 1408, 1412)
———relief for injury relative to imports (see S. 306)
Homeless: job training (see S. 811)
Iron and steel industry: unfair trade practices (see H.R. 2062)
Plant closings and layoffs: prohibit certain (see H.R. 1828)
Public welfare: State comprehensive education, training, and employment programs (see H.R. 30)
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: amend to ensure payment of benefits (see H.R. 1356, 2167)
———trust fund (see H.R. 2229)
Self-employed: State demonstration program of compensation to certain individuals (see H.R. 530, 653)
Shoe industry: orderly trade in nonrubber footwear industry to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 653)
Social conditions: opportunity assistance to economically disadvantaged individuals and families (see S. 280, 281)
Taxation: compensation (see H.R. 144, 233)
———credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1064)
———establish system of individual training accounts within trust fund (see H.R. 137)
———religious school exemption from Federal unemployment tax (see S. 1797)
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see H.R. 1154)
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), consideration (see H. Res. 256)
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (see H.R. 1155)
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: waive certain time limitations for certain workers (see S. 1053)
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see H.R. 1504)
Youth: employment opportunity wage (see H.R. 2572)
———summer job for certain (see H.R. 16)
Factsheets
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (S. 287), 1144, 1145 [12JA]
Hearings
Committee on Economics (Joint): employment/unemployment situation for March (testimony), D464 [3AP]
Committee on Education and Labor: Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (H.R. 1122) (testimony), D159 [17MR]
———impact of trade deficit on U.S. industry (S. 490; H.R. 3) (testimony), D164 [18MR]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from John Horsley, Pierce Quinlan, and Stephen Heintz), D50 [4FE]
———minority youth unemployment (testimony from Jesse Jackson, Lawrence C. Brown, Jr., Raul Yzaguirre, William H. Kolberg, Steve Fears, Shawn Leyba, Dwayne Harris, Vance Ison, Elton Jolly, James Hyman, Sandra C. Hagerty, and Arnetta Battle), D62 [17FE]
———U.S. employment and productivity (testimony from G. Glenn Gardner, Jack Sheehan, Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., William Wiggenhorn, Donald D. Davis, Anthony Carnevale, and Pat Choate), D123 [6MR]
———Young Americans Act (S. 476) (testimony), D301 [30AP]
Letters
Advanced notification in plant shutdowns: Bud Ogden, 18923 [8JY]
———Business Roundtable and several other groups, 18898 [8JY]
———John L. Kelly, 18888 [8JY]
———William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 18889 [8JY], 18906 [8JY]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor, 18907 [8JY]
Economic justice for all: U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, 3838-3852 [19FE]
Railroad unemployment benefits: Representative Rostenkowski, 4707 [3MR]
———several Representatives (sundry), 4707 [3MR], 9698 [23AP]
State unemployment insurance service operations: Richard F. Celeste, Governor of Ohio, 14130 [29MY]
Textile trade: Allan Gotlieb, 24264 [16SE]
———Bob Gilbert, Montana Wool Growers, 24085 [16SE]
———several national associations, 24086 [16SE]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: several Members of Congress, 27323 [9OC]
———(sundry), 27323 [9OC]
Lists
Employer-provided prerequisites for consideration of plant shutdowns, 18886 [8JY]
Meetings
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act amendment to assure sufficient resources to pay benefits and increase the maximum daily benefit (H.R. 2167), D297 [29AP]
Memorandums
Unemployment Tax Coverage of Religious Schools: William B. Ball, 28418 [20OC]
Memorials of legislature
Illinois, 26158 [1OC]
Louisiana, 19136 [9JY], 19383 [10JY]
Ohio, 22589 [5AU]
Pennsylvania, 35741 [15DE]
Papers
De-Mythification of America: Richard Rahn, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 25732 [30SE]
Remarks in House
AFDC recipients: training (H.R. 2245), 14426 [2JN]
Blacks: employment levels, 36509 [18DE]
BLS: accounting of unemployed (H.R. 1639), 5777 [17MR]
Commission on National Service Opportunities (Select): establish, 4967 [5MR]
Compensation system, 5548 [12MR]
———integrated service delivery and other demonstration projects to test methods of reemploying dislocated benefit recipients (H.R. 3213), 23465 [7AU]
———limitations on reduction on credit applicable to employers in certain States (H.R. 2801), 18709 [1JY]
Comprehensive Microenterprise Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 1032), 3161, 3164 [5FE]
Defense contractors: assistance and training for persons in localities affected by termination of contracts (H.R. 2276), 11274 [5MY]
Democratic Party: views on the economy, 26947 [7OC]
Dept. of State: employee layoffs, 27963 [15OC]
Economic conditions: growth during Reagan administration, 25724-25735 [30SE]
———status of U.S. poor, 30938 [4NO]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1122), 4790 [4MR], 18101 [29JN]
Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2676), 15569 [11JN], 15636 [11JN], 36647 [19DE]
Fairfield, OH: closing of GMC auto plant, 24572 [21SE]
Food Stamp Plan: reform (H.R. 3337), 24946 [23SE]
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act: economic objectives, 26395-26398 [5OC]
International corporations: export of U.S. jobs overseas, 30953 [5NO], 31280 [9NO]
Iron and steel industry: unfair trade practices (H.R. 2062), 9688 [23AP]
Job Training Partnership Act: status, 20113 [15JY]
Labor: retraining, 6514 [23MR]
Montana: economic conditions, 3334 [11FE]
National Individual Training Account Act: enact (H.R. 137), 921 [7JA]
Plant closings and layoffs: prohobit certain (H.R. 1753), 6605 [23MR]
Railroad Retirement Act: amend (H.R. 1148), 3496, 3497 [19FE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), 9691, 9697
———ensure payment of benefits (H.R. 2167), technical corrections, 31395 [9NO]
———ensure payment of benefits and increase daily maximum benefit (H.R. 1356), 4706 [3MR]
Rate, 25918 [30SE]
Reagan, President: economic policies, 25700 [30SE]
Security guard functions: contracting out, 11903-11905 [11MY]
Texas: depressed economic conditions of Starr and Maverick Counties, 16276 [16JN]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 3497 [19FE], 4945 [5MR], 14512 [3JN], 15496 [11JN], 19674 [14JY], 22692 [5AU], 23895 [15SE], 24053 [15SE], 24058, 24061 [16SE], 24092 [22SE], 24106 16SE-24113 [16SE], 24264, 24269 [16SE], 31971 [16NO]
Textile industry and fabrics: plant shutdowns, 3497 [19FE]
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 1155), 4467 [2MR], 4724 [3MR]
Trade adjustment assistance: restore appropriations, 9693 [23AP]
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 5289 [10MR], 16208 [16JN], 17904 [26JN], 17978-17981 [29JN], 18235 [30JN], 31714 [10NO]
Wall Street Journal: report on male and female, 23026 [7AU]
Remarks in Senate
American Samoa: include in Federal training programs (S. 102), 567 [6JA]
Corporations: effects of mergers, 6288 [19MR]
Crime and criminals: poverty and unemployment factors, 1673 [21JA]
Dept. of Labor: limit authority for reductions in force within Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (S. 901), 7850 [2AP]
Ecology: job training for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (S. 370), 1643 [21JA]
Economic conditions: recession, 27176 [9OC]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 6502 [20MR], 7657 [1AP], 16133 [16JN], 16363 [17JN], 19139 [9JY], 19149 [10JY]
Education: establish Literacy Training Program relative to employment (S. 904), 7949 [3AP]
———funding for vocational training (S. Res. 157), 4357 [26FE]
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: enact (S. 287), 1142 [12JA]
Federal aid programs: public works program, 3837 [19FE]
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers (S. 1254), 13564 [21MY]
Imports: relief for related injury (S. 306), 1231-1234 [13JA]
Job Training Act: establish incentive bonus for placement (S. 514), 4360 [26FE]
North Carolina: unemployment rate, 11074 [5MY]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: European labor market reforms, 17044 [23JN]
Plant shutdowns: advanced notification, 18876 [8JY]
Public welfare: work program for welfare recipients, 5713 [13MR]
Rate, 26329 [2OC]
Rock Island County, IL: economic conditions, 1362 [14JA]
School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act: enact (S. 320), 1395 [16JA]
Spain: plant closing, 15096 [9JN]
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: funding, 13704, 13706, 13707, 13710, 13731 [27MY]
Taxation: religious school exemption from Federal unemployment tax (S. 1797), 28417 [20OC]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: revise, 27322 [9OC]
———waive certain time limitations for certain workers (S. 1053), 9137 [21AP]
Training and self-employment (S. 1969), 36208 [18DE]
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 22186, 22197 [4AU]
———amend (S. 999), H.R. 1504 passed in lieu, 22197 [4AU]
Works Progress Administration: creation of new, 2649 [3FE]
Reports
Black Employment/Population Ratio: Paul B. Manchester, 36510 [18DE]
Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation: Dept. of Labor, 18881, 18882, 18890, 18900 [8JY]
Reform of Microeconomic Policies: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 17045 [23JN]
Reports filed
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1122) (H. Rept. 100-285), 23076 [7AU]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 538), 12956 [19MY]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 538) (S. Rept. 100-62), 14328 [2JN]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance and Retirement Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-102), 13431 [21MY]
———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-102), 27985 [15OC], 28346 [19OC]
Remedying Injury to Textile Industry and Fabrics Caused by Imports: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1154) (H. Rept. 100-276), 22795 [6AU]
Veterans' Job Training Act Amendments: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1504) (H. Rept. 100-192), 17436 [25JN]
Statements
Advanced Notification in Plant Shutdowns: Tom Donohue, 18884 [8JY]
Corporate Takeovers: Clayton C. Oster, 14618 [4JN]
———James E. Hatfield, Glass, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers, 14617 [4JN]
———John Shad, SEC, 14617 [4JN]
———Thomas Donahue, AFL-CIO, 14617 [4JN]
Poverty: Barbara Blum, 7766 [2AP]
Restructuring Unemployment Insurance Program: Representative Clinger, 36647 [19DE]
State Unemployment Insurance Service Operations: Senator Chiles 14130 [29MY]
———Senator Metzenbaum, 14130 [29MY]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: Representative Frenzel, 24066 [16SE]
Studies
Advanced Notification in Plant Closings: Industrial Relations Adjustment Service, 18899 [8JY]
Comparable Worth: American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees, 18906 [8JY]
Summaries
BLS Accounting of Unemployed (H.R. 1639), 5778 [17MR]
Relief for Injury Caused by Imports (S. 306), 1234 [13JA]
Tables
Outstanding States debt (from Federal unemployment insurance trust fund), 13564 [21MY]
Testimonies
Committee on Economics (Joint): Employment-Unemployment Statistics, D124 [6MR]
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act Economic Objectives: Leon H. Keyserling, 26396 [5OC]
Texts of
H.R. 1032, Comprehensive Microenterprise Promotion Act, 3162-3164 [5FE]
H.R. 1639, BLS accounting of unemployed, 5778 [17MR]
H.R. 2167, amend Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to ensure payment of benefits, 31319-31325 [9NO]
H.R. 2801, amend Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 18710 [1JY]
S. 102, include American Samoans in Federal training programs, 567 [6JA]
S. 287, Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, 1145 [12JA]
S. 320, School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act, 1396 [16JA]
S. 811, health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless, 6555-6559 [23MR]
S. 901, Apprenticeship Improvement Act, 7850 [2AP]
S. 1053, waive certain time limitations Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for certain workers, 9138 [21AP]
S. 1254, additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers under Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 13564 [21MY]
S. 1797, religious school exemption from Federal unemployment tax, 28417 [20OC]
S. 1969, programs for training and self-employment, 36208-36211 [18DE]
S. Res. 52, funds for Urban Development Action Grant Program, 800 [6JA]
S. Res. 157, funding for vocational training, 4357 [26FE]