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Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report

Politico
Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, is mentioned in this article about the firing of Erika McEntarfer.
Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

The New York Times
Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, comments on the decision to fire Erika McEntarfer from the bureau.
Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

Employee benefit costs notch healthy gains, led by health care

Marketplace
Linda Barrington, executive director of the Institute for Compensation Studies, says “There were a number of contracts that came due, and all of that bargaining is starting to show up in these numbers.”
Employee benefit costs notch healthy gains, led by health care