Category: Jobs

9/7/2019

ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouseCEA: New from @BLS_gov – in August, the #unemployment rate remained at 3.7%, and has been under 4% for 18 consecutive months,…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2019 2:54 pm […]

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9/2/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….adds up to the most ambitious Pro-Worker policy agenda this Country has ever seen. The President promised Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and that is exactly what he is delivering.’ @SteveHiltonx @NextRevFNC @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 2, 2019 6:36 am […]

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8/31/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JimInhofe: Proud @AmericanAir announced they’re bringing more than 400 jobs to Tulsa. As a pilot myself, I know how vital maintenance t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 31, 2019 6:54 am […]

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8/20/2019

GOP/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: .@realDonaldTrump puts Americans first and it’s paying off: *85% of blue-collar workers say their lives are headed in t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2019 8:54 am […]

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8/20/2019

ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @VP: Since election day, businesses large and small have created more than 6.2 MILLION jobs and the unemployment rate is at a 50-year lo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2019 8:42 am […]

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8/16/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: American industry is soaring and factory floors across the country are coming back to life, thanks to President @realDonald…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 5:48 pm […]

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8/16/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: In September 2018, the unemployment rate in New Hampshire reached its LOWEST POINT since 1988 at 2.4—and remained there for…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2019 7:44 am […]

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8/16/2019

JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “One of the nation’s largest labor groups embraced Donald Trump at the start of his presidency, in hopes he would create construction jobs and retreat from proposals that might reduce workers’ wages. But now the two sides are on the brink of war, endangering a key bloc of Trump’s support in Midwestern […]

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8/15/2019

CHINA/JOBS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Toymakers breathed a little easier this week when President Trump announced plans to delay tariffs on many goods from China — but their relief may not last long. The delay pushes a new 10 percent tariff on some Chinese imports to December from September, and allows companies and retailers to avoid paying […]

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8/14/2019

CHINA/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “..deferral to December. It actually helps China more than us, but will be reciprocated. Millions of jobs are being lost in China to other non-Tariffed countries. Thousands of companies are leaving. Of course China wants to make a deal. Let them work humanely with Hong Kong first!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, […]

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8/14/2019

CHINA/FEDERAL RESERVE/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are winning, big time, against China. Companies & jobs are fleeing. Prices to us have not gone up, and in some cases, have come down. China is not our problem, though Hong Kong is not helping. Our problem is with the Fed. Raised too much & too fast. Now too […]

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8/13/2019

ECONOMY/JOBS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From tax cuts to relaxed regulations to tariffs, each of President Trump’s economic initiatives is based on a promise: to set off a wave of investment and bring back jobs that the president says the United States has lost to foreign countries…Mr. Trump’s tax cuts unquestionably stimulated the American economy in 2018, […]

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8/5/2019

CHINA/ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….used currency manipulation to steal our businesses and factories, hurt our jobs, depress our workers’ wages and harm our farmers’ prices. Not anymore!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2019 10:58 am […]

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7/30/2019

CHINA/JOBS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has lost 5 million jobs and two million manufacturing jobs due to the Trump Tariffs. Trumps got China back on its heels, and the United States is doing great. @AndyPuzder @MariaBartiromo” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2019 7:40 am […]

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7/29/2019

DEMS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘I don’t know what it’s going to take. A lot of Democratic run cities all over America look like this, it’s not just Baltimore, unfortunately.’ Kimberly Klacik, Baltimore journalist Remember, Vote for Trump, what the h…. do you have to lose? Best unemployment numbers!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 29, 2019 9:46 pm […]

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7/28/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under the Trump Administration, African American unemployment is the lowest (best) in the history of the United States. No President has come close to doing this before! I also created successful Opportunity Zones. Waiting for Nancy and Elijah to say, ‘Thank you, Mr. President!’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 28, 2019 2:34 […]

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7/25/2019

IVANKA/JOBS: “RT @IvankaTrump: Today, is the 1-year anniversary of our #PledgetoAmericasWorkers!!! We have reached 12 MILLION (!!!!) commitments to trai…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2019 12:59 pm […]

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7/11/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….the number of people who are no longer looking for jobs but who are now seeing the opportunity for job growth, you’ve got to give the President an A Plus for that.’ Thank you Robert, one of our great business leaders!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2019 6:42 am […]

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7/11/2019

JOBS/MINORITIES/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Nearly one million more blacks and two million more Hispanics are employed than when Barrack Obama left office, and minorities account for more than half of all new jobs created during the Trump Presidency. Unemployment among black women has hovered near 5% for the last six…..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2019 […]

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7/10/2019

CONGRESS/JOBS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, on this ‘USMCA Day of Action,’ thousands of grassroots supporters are urging Congress to pass the great bipartisan USMCA. USMCA = more JOBS for American workers, more economic growth, and more OPPORTUNITY for our farmers, ranchers, and businesses. #USMCAnow https://t.co/sYMhKSDu5w”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2019 6:38 pm […]

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7/9/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RepMarkMeadows: This was amazing news from over the weekend — 224,000 jobs created in June, blowing away expectations of 160,000 jobs!…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2019 9:38 am […]

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7/5/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy’s durability after more than a decade of expansion. The strength of the jobs report the government issued Friday [7-5-19] could complicate a decision for the Federal Reserve late this month on whether to […]

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7/5/2019

ECONOMY/JOBS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A decade after the Great Recession released its grip on the American economy, the job market shows no sign of falling into another slump. Weak hiring in May had given rise to fears that the long-running expansion was foundering in the face of trade tensions and cooling growth overseas. But job […]

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6/25/2019

ECONOMY/HOMELESSNESS/HOUSING/JOBS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows… For many Americans, access to affordable housing is becoming far too difficult. Rising housing costs are forcing families to dedicate larger shares of their monthly incomes […]

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6/24/2019

ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In August 2016, Donald J. Trump was full of promises when he spoke to a packed crowd at the Summit Sports and Ice Complex here. Predicting that he would carry Michigan, a state that had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, Mr. Trump said his would be ‘a victory […]

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6/20/2019

JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The President has a really good story to tell. We have unemployment lower than we’ve seen in decades. We have people who stopped looking for work coming back into the labor force. We are in a record growth period.’ Michael Steel @MSNBC (do you believe?)” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2019 9:14 […]

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6/13/2019

ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In President Trump’s first two years in office, factory job growth accelerated, an achievement he has been claiming credit for ahead of the 2020 election, particularly in the industrial Midwest. His administration is ‘restoring American manufacturing,’ Mr. Trump told workers at an Ohio factory in March. Some of the 465,000 factory jobs […]

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6/13/2019

JOBS/PRISONERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today we announced vital new actions that we are taking to help former inmates find a job, live a crime-free life, and succeed beyond their dreams….https://t.co/BBQ8gpFunJ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 4:03 pm […]

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6/7/2019

ECONOMY/JOBS/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers, business executives and economists have all tried to warn President Trump that his trade policies could hurt growth. On Friday [6-7-19], the government reported that employers added just 75,000 jobs in May, a fact that will be hard for him to ignore. The increase was a far cry from what […]

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6/5/2019

ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In places like Montgomery County, Tex., and Pickens County, S.C., which voted for President Trump by more than 45 percentage points in 2016, the job market surged during the first two years of his administration. Questions remain, though, about how much of the improvement was his doing, and whether the pattern […]

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5/19/2019

EDUCATION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the wonderful College, University and other Graduations taking place all over the USA, there has never been a better time than now to graduate. Best jobs market ever, great housing and financing. Go out there, work hard, & have a GREAT life. You deserve it. Congratulations!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 19, […]

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5/14/2019

JOBS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billions of Dollars, and moving jobs back to the USA where they belong. Other countries are already negotiating with us because they don’t want this to happen to them. They must be a part of USA action. This should have been done by our leaders many years ago. Enjoy!”  –Donald Trump, […]

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5/13/2019

JOBS/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to welcome Chairman Shin from Lotte Group to the WH. They just invested $3.1 BILLION into Louisiana-biggest investment in U.S. EVER from a South Korean company, & thousands more jobs for Americans. Great partners like ROK know the U.S. economy is running stronger than ever! https://t.co/WaJxDeTuxj”  -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]

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5/13/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Asian Americans are winning with @realDonaldTrump: 2.1% unemployment rate – the lowest in history! Asian taxpayers re…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 13, 2019 8:13 am […]

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5/11/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: We’ve added 6 MILLION jobs since @realDonaldTrump’s election, unemployment is at record lows & wages are on the rise. O…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:06 am […]

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5/8/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….in 3 separate locations, creating another 450 jobs. I have been working nicely with GM to get this done. Thank you to Mary B, your GREAT Governor, and Senator Rob Portman. With all the car companies coming back, and much more, THE USA IS BOOMING!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2019 […]

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5/4/2019

IVANKA/JOBS: “RT @IvankaTrump: The last time the unemployment rate was this low we were about to land for the first time on the moon! Happy April #Jobs…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2019 12:00 am […]

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5/3/2019

ECONOMY/JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in half a century last month, capping the longest streak of job creation in modern times and dispelling recession fears that haunted Wall Street at the start of the year. The Labor Department reported Friday [5-3-19] that employers added 263,000 jobs in April, well […]

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5/3/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President @realDonaldTrump is fixing American trade to bring our steel and manufacturing jobs back HOME! https://t.co/PjD6…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2019 7:12 am […]

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5/3/2019

ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The news on Friday [5-3-19] confirmed — beyond a shadow of a doubt — this fact: The US economy is booming. The economy added 263,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate is now just 3.6% — the lowest it’s been since 1969! On top of the better-than-expected GDP […]

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4/29/2019

CLIMATE CHANGE/JOBS/JOE BIDEN: “We must turbocharge our efforts to address climate change that threatens communities across the country. Through clean, renewable energy and cleaner, safer, faster transportation, America will not only help the environment but provide millions of good-paying middle-class jobs.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Apr. 29, 2019 5:35 pm […]

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4/29/2019

JOBS/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pittsburgh jobless rate hits lowest point since the early 1970s (maybe even better than that) and Sleepy Joe just had his first rally there. Fact is, every economic aspect of our Country is the best it has ever been! https://t.co/kWriC0DIuW”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 29, 2019 6:13 pm […]

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4/10/2019

ENERGY/INFRASTRUCTURE/JOBS/MANUFACTURING/OIL/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows… The United States is blessed with plentiful energy resources, including abundant supplies of coal, oil, and natural gas.  Producers in America have demonstrated a remarkable ability […]

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4/6/2019

DEMS/ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The lowest average jobs number for any President since 1951, 4.1%. Economy doing great. If the Democrats win, it is all over.’ @Varneyco @foxandfriends I agree!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 8:24 am […]

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4/4/2019

JOBS/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump’s first two years in office, an unexpected rebound in manufacturing jobs helped bolster his claims that he was restoring the United States’ battered industrial sector. Now, that surge may be nearing its end — in part because of his own trade policies. American manufacturers have added nearly half […]

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4/3/2019

ENTITLEMENTS/JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s plans for food stamps could cost more than 750,000 people their benefits, and most of these folks are among the poorest of the poor. The administration wants to make more Americans work for their food stamps by limiting states’ ability to seek waivers from the current employment requirement. More […]

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3/21/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Today, there are plenty of reasons for that trust. Manufacturing jobs are roaring back. Blue-collar workers are set to make…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 21, 2019 9:22 pm […]

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3/12/2019

IVANKA/JOBS/WOMEN: “RT @IvankaTrump: – Labor force participation of prime-age females reached 76% in January, matching the highest rate since ‘03 – Wages are…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:37 pm […]

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3/12/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouseCEA: Real average hourly earnings rose 1.9% during the past 12 months, well exceeding the 0.4% pace during the year-earlier p…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:34 pm […]

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3/8/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @cvpayne: Jobs Report: Most Important Highlight Non-Supervisory Wages continue to surge and outpace overall wage increases This is amaz…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 4:26 pm […]

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3/8/2019

IVANKA/JOBS: “RT @IvankaTrump: We have reached 6,577,623 pledged new career opportunities, apprenticeships, continuing education and on-the-job training…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 3:27 pm […]

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3/8/2019

CHINA/ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [3-8-19] called the economy ‘very, very strong’ and touted rising U.S. wages just hours after the Labor Department’s monthly report for February showed an unexpected and dramatic slowdown in hiring. U.S. employers added 20,000 jobs in February, the smallest monthly gain in nearly a year and a […]

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3/7/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/JOBS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A liberal policy group is rolling out a $1 million-plus social media campaign this week attacking President Donald Trump in the wake of General Motors plant closings. The Center for American Progress Action Fund, the think tank’s advocacy arm, is hitting Trump for handing out tax breaks to big corporations […]

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3/4/2019

COAST GUARD/DEFENSE/DHS/JOBS/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VETS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to promote employment opportunities for United States military veterans while growing the cadre of trained United States mariners available to meet United States requirements for national and economic security, […]

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2/27/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fiat Chrysler will be adding more than 6,500 JOBS in Michigan (Detroit area), doubling its hourly workforce as part of a 4.5 Billion Dollar investment. Thank you Fiat Chrysler. They are all coming back to the USA, it’s where the action is!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 27, 2019 4:20 am […]

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2/1/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/BUSINESS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Layoffs for about 4,000 salaried staff at General Motors are due to start Monday [2-4-19]– a previously announced move that comes just as President Donald Trump prepares to trumpet American manufacturing at next week’s State of the Union address. The layoffs are part of a 15% reduction in white collar jobs […]

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2/1/2019

BUSINESS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [2-1-19] praised Foxconn’s announcement that it will move forward with a facility in Wisconsin after he spoke to the company’s CEO, although the company did not explicitly say what type of jobs will be at the plant…Louis Woo, special assistant to Foxconn chairman and president Terry Gou, […]

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2/1/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: ‘We added 304,000 jobs, which was a shocker to a lot of people. It wasn’t a shocker to me.’ https://t.co/hHzogMtXG5” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 2:19 pm […]

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1/24/2019

JOBS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’This is everything FDR dreamed about, the New Deal to put America back to work. Think of LBJ, he gave people food stamps & welfare. Donald Trump’s giving them a job. He’s got a lot of good things to talk about. News stories do not accurately cover him, should correct.’ @DougWead” -Donald Trump, […]

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1/17/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thank you to Amy Kremer, Women for Trump Co-Founder, for doing such a great interview with Martha MacCallum…and by the way, women have the lowest unemployment numbers in many decades – at the highest pay ever. Proud of that!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 17, 2019 8:36 pm […]

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1/16/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JOBS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats, pressing ahead on one of their more ambitious agenda items, introduced a bill Wednesday [1-16-19] to more than double the federal minimum wage. The legislation, which would phase in a $15 hourly minimum over a period of six years, enunciates a policy difference with Republicans ahead of the 2020 presidential […]

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1/15/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @charliekirk11: GREAT AGAIN: Prior to 2018, unemployment has only been below 4% 5 times since 1970 Under Donald Trump, in 2018, unempl…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 15, 2019 8:04 am  […]

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1/15/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “Just announced that Veterans unemployment has reached an 18 year low, really good news for our Vets and their families. Will soon be an all time low! Do you think the media will report on this and all of the other great economic news?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 15, 2019 7:16 am […]

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