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Jobs and Employment
Work: who is hiring, who is cutting, what it pays.
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Column: Let’s build the workforce that Coastal Virginia needs
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (652+ words) In 1966, my grandfather, Alfred Dreyfus, an electrical technician who arrived in this country with one suitcase and $14 in his pocket, founded the Electronic Computer Programming Institute in Norfolk. Technology was beginning to shape the workplace, opening new paths into the…...
Louisiana unemployment claims remain below 2025 levels
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (181+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana's continued unemployment claims fell 31% from the same week last year, while new claims edged higher, according to a Louisiana Works report issued Friday. The state recorded 6,439 continued unemployment insurance claims for the week ending Sept. 5, down…...
Virginia’s economy expected to grow modestly by end of 2026, job losses still expected
2+ week, 4+ day ago (314+ words) A new report from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service says Virginia’s economy is expected to grow modestly through the end of the year. However, job losses are also still expected. “It seems like we hit…...
Out of the Attic: The 1946 coal miners strike, led by an Alexandria resident
2+ week, 5+ day ago (441+ words) The strike ended on May 29, 1946, with the signing of the Krug-Lewis Agreement, which guaranteed union miners a wage increase, vacation pay, a shorter five-day workweek and new safety regulations. The Krug-Lewis agreement also established mining’s first medical, hospital and retirement…...