Gallup: Under-employment UP to 18.7% in January. Take this as an antidote to media-generated barf: Gallup defines “underemployment” as a measure that combines the percentage of workers who are unemployed with the percentage working part time but wanting full-time work. This number has been RISING the past quarter as the graph below shows.
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After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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