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Observes that the housing boom in the U.S. has attracted undocumented laborers across the country. How longtime residents are being forced to confront the issue of illegal immigration as never before; Rise in the unauthorized migrant population; Focus of the work force on home construction, repair and landscaping; Role of Sister Margaret Rose Smyth, a Roman Catholic nun who helps immigrant workers on Long Island, New York; How the debate has surfaced in Freehold, New Jersey; Points of contention; Arguments of proponents of immigration control.

With unemployment in New Jersey's Hunterdon County running at 1.9 percent, businesses are having extreme difficulties finding new employees. Employers are arranging transportation to bring in workers from distant regions and are offering $50 bounties to workers who bring in new recruits. Wages have risen dramatically for even basic jobs as employers struggle to fill unglamorous positions. With such high employment, the economy's growth has actually been slowed.

Putting an end to discrimination in hiring on the docks around New York Harbor is proving to be nearly as hard as rooting out corruption. The longshoremen's union defied government officials again on Tuesday, insisting that the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor had no authority to demand that all hiring be done without discrimination and refusing to even send a representative to state its case at a commission hearing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rising tide of unemployment has officially reached New Jersey. For the first time in this recession, New Jersey's unemployment rate has surpassed the national rate, the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported on Wednesday. New Jersey's jobless rate jumped to 8.2 percent in February, from 7.3 percent in January. The national rate was 8.1 percent in February. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that labor officials in New Jersey have said that the New Jersey's unemployment rate rose in April 2004 for the first time since November 2003.

Focuses on a Continental Airlines-sponsored job fair in Newark, New Jersey for airline employees who were laid off. Transferrable skills of airline employees, such as customer service; Industries which have a demand for manpower, including health care, financial services and waste management; Desire of many ex-employees to return to the airline industry.

Presents news briefs in the United States as of December 7, 2000. Details on the occurrence of a fire in Bronx, New York City; Economic impact of the income generated by Bradley International Airport in Connecticut; Information on the shortage of workers in Trenton, New Jersey.

Presents news briefs about business in the United States. Approval of the New York State Public Service Commission on the planned purchase of GTE Corporation by Bell Atlantic Corporation; Preliminary unemployment rate in New Jersey for February 1999; Agreement of the Reckson Associates Realty Corporation to sell four older buildings it is buying from Tower Realty Trust.