The New York Times buries the lead
Okay, the US got 248,000 new jobs in May. Unemployment remained the same, but yippee skippee, new jobs are good, yes?
Sure, yes, jobs are better than no jobs. But can we be a little pickier here in the richest place in the world, please? Here's the real issue facing the country, many paragraphs into the story:
Job growth in May was particularly strong for temporary workers, in health care, in hotel and restaurant work and in retailing.
Those are shitty, low-wage jobs, except for health care -- and I imagine nursing home workers and even RNs might argue with the "except" part. As Rick put it, hotels and restaurants preparing for tourist season does not a good economy make.
Don't get me started on the notion that someone picking up temp work counts as creation of a new job.
Okay, the US got 248,000 new jobs in May. Unemployment remained the same, but yippee skippee, new jobs are good, yes?
Sure, yes, jobs are better than no jobs. But can we be a little pickier here in the richest place in the world, please? Here's the real issue facing the country, many paragraphs into the story:
Job growth in May was particularly strong for temporary workers, in health care, in hotel and restaurant work and in retailing.
Those are shitty, low-wage jobs, except for health care -- and I imagine nursing home workers and even RNs might argue with the "except" part. As Rick put it, hotels and restaurants preparing for tourist season does not a good economy make.
Don't get me started on the notion that someone picking up temp work counts as creation of a new job.
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