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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Labor Department deploys unemployment response teams</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20625/20121008/labor-department-deploys-unemployment-response-teams</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 8, 2012) A report from the New York State Labor Department shows the unemplyment rate in Upstate New York has gone up almost one percent in the past year, to 8.5 per cent as of August. This past week, a mobile response team from the Labor Department began touring regions with the highest unemployment rates, with the goal of getting the long-term unemployed back to work. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20625/20121008/labor-department-deploys-unemployment-response-teams">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Kate O'Connell</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A report from the New York State Labor Department shows the unemplyment rate in Upstate New York has gone up almost one percent in the past year, to 8.5 per cent as of August. This past week, a mobile response team from the Labor Department began touring regions with the highest unemployment rates, with the goal of getting the long-term unemployed back to work. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20625/20121008/labor-department-deploys-unemployment-response-teams">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:34</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, economy, education, unemployment, [loc:43.1610300 -77.6109219], innovation trail, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NY works with long term unemployed in St. Lawrence County</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20592/20121003/ny-works-with-long-term-unemployed-in-st-lawrence-county</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 3, 2012) The New York Department of Labor is targeting counties with the highest unemployment - and trying to find jobs for the long term unemployed.  The state sent email invitations to more than 600 people in St. Lawrence County to meet with the state&apos;s Mobile Unemployment Response Team at Clarkson University in Potsdam this week.  About 24 showed up.Teachers, manufacturing, and office workers were among those who&apos;ve been out of work for more than six months - and looking for a job.Reporter Julie Grant caught up with Karen Warriner, as she was finishing her session with the Response Team.  The 41-year old single mother of three has been unemployed since last February. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20592/20121003/ny-works-with-long-term-unemployed-in-st-lawrence-county">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Julie Grant</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The New York Department of Labor is targeting counties with the highest unemployment - and trying to find jobs for the long term unemployed.  The state sent email invitations to more than 600 people in St. Lawrence County to meet with the state&apos;s Mobile Unemployment Response Team at Clarkson University in Potsdam this week.  About 24 showed up.Teachers, manufacturing, and office workers were among those who&apos;ve been out of work for more than six months - and looking for a job.Reporter Julie Grant caught up with Karen Warriner, as she was finishing her session with the Response Team.  The 41-year old single mother of three has been unemployed since last February. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20592/20121003/ny-works-with-long-term-unemployed-in-st-lawrence-county">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:11</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, albany, stlv, cuomo, unemployment, jobless, benefits, [loc:44.6697805 -74.9813084], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Report shows polarization in NYS job market</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20599/20121003/report-shows-polarization-in-nys-job-market</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 3, 2012) A new report from the New York Federal Reserve shows that advances in technology and globalization mean job opportunities are growing in high skill sectors like engineering, and also in lower skill sectors like childcare. But opportunities in between are declining. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20599/20121003/report-shows-polarization-in-nys-job-market">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Innovation Trail</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A new report from the New York Federal Reserve shows that advances in technology and globalization mean job opportunities are growing in high skill sectors like engineering, and also in lower skill sectors like childcare. But opportunities in between are declining. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20599/20121003/report-shows-polarization-in-nys-job-market">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:33</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>economy, education, jobs, employment, unemployment, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Is a strong social safety net helping boost Canada&apos;s economy?</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18848/20111129/is-a-strong-social-safety-net-helping-boost-canada-apos-s-economy</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 29, 2011) This week, as part of a partnership with WBEZ public radio in Chicago, Brian Mann is traveling in Ontario, talking about the very different impact of the recession north of the border. It turns out, workers living just a few miles away, in Canada, have experienced the economic downturn very differently than workers here.  While American cities along the Great Lakes like Buffalo and Rochester struggle and lose population, Toronto and Montreal are growing.  They’ve even added jobs through the recession. Workers who do lose their jobs in Canada have a much more comprehensive social safety net and that may be helping to stabilize and boost the country&apos;s overall economy. Brian Mann speaks with Martha Foley from Toronto. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18848/20111129/is-a-strong-social-safety-net-helping-boost-canada-apos-s-economy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week, as part of a partnership with WBEZ public radio in Chicago, Brian Mann is traveling in Ontario, talking about the very different impact of the recession north of the border. It turns out, workers living just a few miles away, in Canada, have experienced the economic downturn very differently than workers here.  While American cities along the Great Lakes like Buffalo and Rochester struggle and lose population, Toronto and Montreal are growing.  They’ve even added jobs through the recession. Workers who do lose their jobs in Canada have a much more comprehensive social safety net and that may be helping to stabilize and boost the country&apos;s overall economy. Brian Mann speaks with Martha Foley from Toronto. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18848/20111129/is-a-strong-social-safety-net-helping-boost-canada-apos-s-economy">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:49</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, canrecess, politics, economy, canada, border, work, labor, unemployment, jobs, [loc:43.6532260 -79.3831843], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>North Country job numbers don&apos;t tell the whole story</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18473/20110926/north-country-job-numbers-don-apos-t-tell-the-whole-story</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 26, 2011) The state department of labor last week released numbers that show unemployment is down in the North Country. Last year at this time, the unemployment rate was 8.8%—now it’s 8.4%. St. Lawrence County had the largest decline, with August unemployment down .8% from July. Any good economic numbers sound like good news, but unemployment statistics don’t necessarily give a complete picture. For example, they don’t count people who’ve given up looking, or who are working part-time but would like to work more—or people who can’t afford to work.  Nora Flaherty took a look at what the numbers do—and don’t—tell us. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18473/20110926/north-country-job-numbers-don-apos-t-tell-the-whole-story">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Nora Flaherty</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The state department of labor last week released numbers that show unemployment is down in the North Country. Last year at this time, the unemployment rate was 8.8%—now it’s 8.4%. St. Lawrence County had the largest decline, with August unemployment down .8% from July. Any good economic numbers sound like good news, but unemployment statistics don’t necessarily give a complete picture. For example, they don’t count people who’ve given up looking, or who are working part-time but would like to work more—or people who can’t afford to work.  Nora Flaherty took a look at what the numbers do—and don’t—tell us. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18473/20110926/north-country-job-numbers-don-apos-t-tell-the-whole-story">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:06</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, unemployment, department of labor, [loc:44.4473142 -74.9302060], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Jefferson County program aims to tackle unemployment and labor shortage in dairy industry</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17879/20110624/jefferson-county-program-aims-to-tackle-unemployment-and-labor-shortage-in-dairy-industry</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 24, 2011) The problem of high labour turnover on dairy farms was highlighted in late March when John Barney of Smithville was arrested for hiring Latinos who came here without documentation. Many farmers say they can’t get their cows milked any other way, but the hiring of immigrants breeds resentment when unemployment in the region is so high. Now, several Jefferson County agricultural organizations and the Cornell cooperative extension have created the Agricultural Workforce Development and Training program to train local people and match them with dairy farms looking for help. Jay Matteson is Jefferson County Agricultural Coordinator. He told Nora Flaherty one of the biggest causes of high turnover is that people just don’t know what they’re getting into when they take a job at a dairy farm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17879/20110624/jefferson-county-program-aims-to-tackle-unemployment-and-labor-shortage-in-dairy-industry">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Nora Flaherty</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The problem of high labour turnover on dairy farms was highlighted in late March when John Barney of Smithville was arrested for hiring Latinos who came here without documentation. Many farmers say they can’t get their cows milked any other way, but the hiring of immigrants breeds resentment when unemployment in the region is so high. Now, several Jefferson County agricultural organizations and the Cornell cooperative extension have created the Agricultural Workforce Development and Training program to train local people and match them with dairy farms looking for help. Jay Matteson is Jefferson County Agricultural Coordinator. He told Nora Flaherty one of the biggest causes of high turnover is that people just don’t know what they’re getting into when they take a job at a dairy farm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17879/20110624/jefferson-county-program-aims-to-tackle-unemployment-and-labor-shortage-in-dairy-industry">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:38</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, dairy, unemployment, immigration, [loc:44.0607421 -75.9927652], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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