While the Great Recession has spared certain sectors of the job market, it's looked more like the Great Depression for America's blue collar workforce. Dan Bobkoff reports.
Congress has passed the first in a series of bills intended to encourage companies to hire more workers. Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson and Tess Vigeland look at whether the legislation can put a dent in the 10% unemployment rate.
Fewer jobs are being created in the recovery from the latest recession compared to the last three recessions, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. Jeremy Hobson reports.
The Senate will vote on a jobs bill that will offer tax breaks for businesses that hire unemployed workers. Washington bureau chief John Dimsdale talks with Steve Chiotakis about how much it will cost and what the restrictions are.
The annual South by Southwest Conference in Austin is a networking hub for people in the music, film and online industries. This year, anyone looking for a Web job will have an easier time finding out who's hiring. Melissa Kaplan reports.
Thousands of public and private sector workers are striking today in Athens, Greece in a demonstration against the government's austerity plan. Steve Chiotakis talks to reporter Joanna Kakissis from the scene on the streets.
The Senate is expected to pass a measure that would allow out-of-work people to collect unemployment benefits for as long as 99 weeks in some states. Steve Chiotakis gets more details from reporter Dana Hedgpeth of the Washington Post.
The Labor Department jobs report says 36,000 jobs were lost in February and the number of temporary workers has shot up for the fifth straight month. That usually means permanent hiring isn't far behind. Usually. Mitchell Hartman reports.
The Senate isn't expected to consider the House's just-passed $15 billion revised jobs bill until next week. But Nancy Marshall Genzer reports Congress wants to show it's doing something to put Americans to work.
