Bureau of Labor Statistics

Illinois recession recovery: Still last in the US

By Connor White

07/09/2015

Those resilient enough to stay in the labor market are increasingly looking to other states for opportunity.

Border wars continue: Another Illinois manufacturer takes 500 well-paying jobs to Indiana

By Michael Lucci

07/08/2015

Policy pain points continue to kill blue-collar jobs in Illinois.

TAGS: Indiana, jobs, manufacturing, right to work, workers compensation

Illinois’ manufacturing workers take home lowest pay in the Midwest

By Bobby Shaw

07/07/2015

The state’s beleaguered manufacturing sector is hurting worker interests.

TAGS: manufacturing

2015 manufacturing scoreboard: Illinois -7,900; Indiana +5,000; Michigan +12,800

By Michael Lucci

06/29/2015

Illinois is home to the worst manufacturing recovery in the entire Midwest.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing

Speaker Madigan falsely promotes Bureau of Labor Statistics report as ‘good news’

By Michael Lucci

06/25/2015

The economic report is yet another indictment of the status quo in Illinois.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs, Mike Madigan

BLS report reveals Illinois lags on jobs and wage growth

By Michael Lucci

06/19/2015

On national, regional and county-level comparisons, the report was negative for Illinois.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs

How Illinois’ low-paid manufacturing workers subsidize high-paid construction workers

By Michael Lucci

06/01/2015

Illinois’ prevailing wage law redistributes income from manufacturing workers to construction workers.

Forging failure: The truth about Illinois’ manufacturing meltdown

By Austin Berg

05/07/2015

Thousands of Illinois manufacturing jobs aren’t going to anonymous sweatshops overseas, they’re simply crossing state lines.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, right to work, workers compensation

March jobs report: Illinois workforce shrinks, manufacturing continues bleeding

By Michael Lucci

04/22/2015

Illinois’ manufacturing payrolls have declined in 21 of the last 30 months.

Illinois unemployment problems hidden by workforce dropout

By Michael Lucci

04/08/2015

Over the recession era, Indiana’s workforce grew by 53,000 people while Illinois’ workforce shrank by 200,000 people. If Illinois’ workforce size were benchmarked to Indiana’s over the recession era, Illinois’ unemployment rate would be 10.3 percent today.

TAGS: jobs

Load More

Taxed out: 10 reforms to stop Illinois from losing people and jobs

Illinois’ tax code stands in the way of the state’s economic competitiveness. The combination of high tax burdens and a poor tax structure contributes to the loss of jobs and investment to other states. From a place of former economic dominance, Illinois now ranks 45th in gross state product (GSP) growth over the past decade...

View Report

results for

Sort by: |