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EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS
Ambitious Plan for Workforce Education Faces Washington Inertia
By Mark Schoeff Jr.
A national literacy commission warns that millions of American adults lack the skills required by today's labor market. But its ambitious proposal for $20 billion in annual funding to train 20 million people each year by 2020 has to overcome congressional inertia on training policy.


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BIG CITY, BIG COIN
New York Pays: Big Apple Wages 30 percent Higher than National Average
August 19, 2008 1:35 PM PT
Workers in the New York metropolitan area earn an average hourly wage nearly 30 percent higher than the rest of the nation, a federal study finds. The study tracked more than 700 jobs in 22 occupations. >>

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New York City Unemployment Rate Falls, but More People Collect Benefits
August 15, 2008 2:15 PM PT
The unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent in June, but the number of people collecting unemployment benefits in the city’s five boroughs rose 17 percent. >>

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