- Author: nbcnews.com by Suzanne Gamboa
The poll found that 87 percent of millennial Latinos are concerned that Social Security won't exist when they need it. It also found concern from about the same share of Latino millennials over having to help parents with health care and living expenses when they are older.
By contrast, 63 percent of Latinos 36 and older said they are worried about the availability of Social Security and 69 percent about caring for parents.
However, asked about how they'd be doing financially a year from now, 63 percent of millennials thought they'd be better off, while just 36 percent of the 36-and-older group expect financial improvement.
The poll, conducted by Latino Decisions for NCLR, surveyed 1,000 Latino registered voters about economic, health and political issues. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The poll included an oversample of millennial Latino registered voters. In a telephone news conference, Eric Rodriguez, an NCLR vice president, said the poll was intended to get more detailed views of Latinos on various issues of the election campaign.
"In spite a lot of the attention around the Latino vote (this election), we haven't seen an intentional or deep engagement with our community, particularly around issues," Rodriguez said.
"No one is really talking to our community and asking what's top of our mind … and what Latino voters are thinking at the dinner tables. What keep us up at night. What are our aspirations and what our thoughts about the future and those that we love.”
Studies have shown that once registered, Latinos have high voting rates. About 85 percent of millennial Latino voters said they definitely would vote, compared to 90 percent of Latino voters 36 and older.
Latinos are younger than the national population as a whole and about 44 percent of Latino eligible voters are millennials. The turnout rates for young Latinos overall, those registered and not registered, lag behind the turnout rates for black and white young voters.
Election preferences of the two groups were about the same, with 66 percent of millennial Latinos saying they'd vote for Clinton and 19 percent for Trump.
Seventy-three percent of Latinos 36 and older said they would vote for Clinton and 16 were voting for Trump.
However, 9 percent of millennials said they'd vote for a third party candidate, compared to 2 percent of 36 and older Latinos.
When asked to list the top economic issue the new Congress and president should address, both groups listed first the need to create more and better paying jobs.
But the second and third most mentioned issues for millennials were college affordability and student loan debt as well as an improvement of wages or raising the minimum wage, in that order.
For Latinos 36 and older, immigration reform was the second most mentioned issue, showing how that group sees a link between immigration and the economy. Third on the list was keeping the Social Security program strong.
"When people say that the economy is a priority issue, they do have very particular things that they're talking about," said Sylvia Manzano, a principal with Latino Decisions.
Manzano said despite portrayals of millennials as pessimistic, the poll showed that generally, that description doesn't apply to Latino millennials.
"There's not a lot of pessimism among any age group — but the degree to which the younger cohort thinks things will be better is quite dramatic," she said.
Source: Published originally on nbcnews.com Poll: Millennial Latinos See Better Future, But Also Worry About It, by Suzanne Gamboa, October 27, 2016.
The overall population is almost evenly split on whether growing numbers of immigrant workers help or hurt U.S. workers overall: 45% say having more immigrant workers hurts Americans and 42% say this trend helps U.S. workers. (The survey referred to immigrants in general and did not specify whether they were legally permitted or undocumented.)
These attitudes have changed significantly since a 2006 Pew Research Center survey, which found that 55% of Americans believed that the presence of more immigrant workers hurt U.S. laborers. That figure has since decreased by 10 percentage points.
Additionally, the share of Americans who thought a decade ago that the growing number of immigrants helped workers was 28%, marking a 14-point increase in that positive view.
There is a far wider partisan divide on this question – one that has been hotly debated during the 2016 campaign – than there was 10 years ago. The new poll shows that since 2006, Democrats have moved substantially in the direction of seeing immigrant workers as a plus when it comes to their effect on American worker: Today, about six-in-ten (58%) say that having more immigrant workers helps U.S. jobholders, up from just 30% who said this in 2006. Over the same time period, Republican opinion has shifted slightly in the opposite direction: Among adults who identify with the GOP, 54% now believe that the growing number of immigrant workers hurts American workers (a 6-point increase since 2006).
Overall, when Americans are asked what hurts American workers, the top answers are outsourcing jobs to other countries (80% of Americans think this hurts U.S. jobholders), more foreign-made products being sold in the U.S. (77% think this hurts), increased use of contract or temporary employees (57%), automation of jobs (50%) and the decline in union membership (49%).
While there are partisan differences over immigration in this election campaign, fairly strong majorities of Americans have positive views about immigrants, including those who are unauthorized.
An August poll by Pew Research Center showed that 71% of Americans said undocumented immigrants mostly fill jobs that U.S. citizens do not want, while 24% said such immigrants mostly fill jobs citizens would like. And a large majority of adults (76%) said that undocumented immigrants are as honest and hardworking as U.S. citizens.
The U.S. has 44 million immigrants, more than any other country, that together make up 13.6% of the U.S. population. Three-quarters of them are in the U.S. lawfully or hold U.S. citizenship. The remaining quarter are unauthorized immigrants. The latest estimates from Pew Research Center show that there were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants in the country in 2014, a figure that has remained essentially stable since 2009.
Source: Published originally on PewResearchCenter, Americans less concerned than a decade ago over immigrants' impact on workforce, by Lee Rainie and Anna Brown, October 7, 2016.
UC IPM is hiring for an Editor to work with the Urban & Community program editing and laying out educational materials. These materials include a variety of publications such as a large, frequently updated publication series, technical manuscripts written for a lay audience, news and informational pieces, and other documents for print or Web. Our print publications are distributed to end users throughout California and documents on the UC IPM Web site receive more than 10,000 page views daily.
The application period closes on July 10. Learn more about the position at the links below and apply today!
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- Author: Carlin Starrs
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
College of Natural Resources, Center for Forestry
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - 2015
Multiple openings (1-2): Forest Resource Assistants
University of California Personnel Manual Title: Agricultural Technician
The Center for Forestry manages four forest research stations. Assignments may be at any one of these sites, but most will be at Blodgett Forest in El Dorado County, CA. Forestry-related research in areas of forest ecology, ecosystem processes, silviculture, and forest management are conducted at Center properties. These positions provide broad support for achieving the mission of facilitating research, demonstration, and education. A wide variety of work experience is provided, including experience towards becoming a CA registered professional forester. Information on these properties and their function is available at http://ucanr.edu/sites/cff/
EMPLOYMENT DATES:
12 to 16 consecutive weeks, between May 18, 2015 and October 30, 2015. Start date is negotiable.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Work experience or coursework including field exercises covering the following:
REQUIRED:
- Vegetation measurement techniques, including use of tree measurement tools.
- Identification of common Sierra Nevada plants.
- Field orientation/surveying including use of a compass and maps.
PREFERRED:
- Safe use and maintenance of chainsaws, brushcutters or pruners, and forestry hand tools.
- Operation of automatic four wheel drive vehicles and valid Calif. Driver's license.
- Use of field data loggers and computers to collect research-grade precision data.
- Enrolled in or recently graduated from university program that includes curricula related to management of forest resources.
These positions are fulltime, temporary. Applicants must be physically fit and capable of sustained physical work during summer forest weather conditions. >90% of work is outdoors.
DUTIES: ASSIST WITH THE FOLLOWING:
- Resource monitoring program, including measurement of permanent vegetation and riparian plots
- Various silviculture and ecology research studies
- Stand improvement practices, including thinning, pruning, and mechanical/chemical weeding
- Surveying forest feature locations, including use of Global Positioning Devices
- Maintenance of roads, facilities, and equipment
- Work with interns to provide guidance in performing forestry field work
SALARY: $2707.44 - $3572.22 / month, depending on experience.
[On-site Housing may be rented. Work schedule is normally 40 hours/week M-F, but may be adjusted]
CLOSING DATE: 02/20/2015, or until filled
TO APPLY: When applying, submit resume plus names and contact information of two references.
Include description of work experience and/or relevant class experience. For questions, contact athomson@berkeley.edu
An on-line application is required. Apply through UC Berkeley's job listings (http://jobs.berkeley.edu/) Job# 19215, keyword : Center for Forestry
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a diverse working environment, competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefits.
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- Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas
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Community Education Specialist III (Urban IPM Educator)
Location: UC ANR- Davis (Yolo County)
Under the direction of the Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM, the Urban IPM Educator will support the urban IPM outreach and education program by coordinating activities, carrying out train-the-trainer educational programs, working with UC ANR academics and staff, developing materials, and delivering information to urban audiences throughout the state through a variety of mechanisms. The Educator participates in program planning and supports the efforts of the Associate Director to identify priorities, engage cooperators, identify and write proposals for grant funding, and disseminate resources to achieve program goals. In addition, the Educator develops or assists in the development and delivery of outreach materials and training programs and also conducts systematic review of program materials to assure that they are up-to-date and meeting clientele needs.
See the announcement at http://ucanr.edu/Jobs/Jobs_990/?jobnum=712 and the full position description and link to apply at jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57953.