2004 Press Release Archive

• (12/29/04) - 2004 Alaska Population Estimates
• (12/21/04) - Training will transfer salmon inspections from Seattle workers to Alaskans
• (12/17/04) - November Unemployment Rises Slightly
• (12/16/04) - State pushes jobs for Alaskans
• (12/14/04) - ANCHORAGE -|- Media Advisory -|- State pushes jobs for Alaskans
• (12/06/04) - Bell appointed Labor assistant commissioner with launch of 'Jobs' initiative
• (11/26/04) - Congress, president reauthorize tax credits to encourage jobs for Alaskans
• (11/26/04) - State labor, transportation departments sign partnership
• (11/24/04) - At-Sea Processors job fair launches Alaska commercial seafood season
• (11/24/04) - Seafood companies recruiting 500 workers for winter Pollock season
• (11/19/04) - October Unemployment Drops Slightly
• (11/18/04) - Pipeline construction trainees to build demonstration gasline
• (11/02/04) - Cheryl Adamson to head new Office of Citizenship Assistance
• (11/01/04) - AVTEC, Kenai Peninsula College partner on vocational training
• (11/01/04) - Teamwork by delegation helps 600 Alaskans from distressed fisheries
• (10/27/04) - OSH board to hear citation challenges Nov. 5 in Kenai
• (10/25/04) - Delegation secures $20 million in energy bill to train pipeline workers
• (10/22/04) - September Unemployment Follows Trends
• (10/21/04) - Agreement with oil companies, unions to qualify apprentices
• (10/14/04) - Congressional relief for workers sickened in Amchitka nuclear tests
• (10/13/04) - AVTEC, University of Alaska partner on RN training
• (10/08/04) - Commissioner okays $2 million grant for distance learning in Seward
• (09/30/04) - Governor appoints Mona McAleese to Alaska Workforce Investment Board
• (09/30/04) - Fairbanks award ceremony to honor Alaskans with disabilities
• (09/17/04) - Older Alaska workers recognized,Wasilla senior 2004 state honoree
• (09/16/04) - Older workers: another Alaska gold mine
• (09/17/04) - August Unemployment Essentially Unchanged
• (09/16/04) - Labor department affirms job rights of Alaskans recalled for Guard duty
• (09/13/04) - Public safety job expo highlights careers
• (08/23/04) - Federal labor official endorses incentives for Alaska's Disabled
• (08/20/04) - July Unemployment Declines
• (07/30/04) - Providence Hospital tops list of Alaska's largest employers
• (07/27/04) - OSH Board sets Fairbanks, Anchorage hearings
• (07/16/04) - AVTEC vocational training program achieves 94% job placements
• (07/16/04) - June Unemployment Holds Steady
• (07/13/04) - State recovers $3.1 million in fraudulent unemployment claims
• (07/08/04) - Governor's panel sets public testimony July 14 in Valdez
• (07/02/04) - State recommends measures to avoid fishing fleet accidents
• (07/02/04) - Mining: Doing it right the first time
• (06/25/04) - Seafood companies need 600 workers immediately
• (06/18/04) - Administration schedules workers' compensation press briefing
• (06/18/04) - Violations cause State shutdown of seafood refrigeration plant
• (06/18/04) - May Unemployment Rate Declines
• (06/14/04) - AVTEC Vocational training graduates top 30,000
• (06/03/04) - Safety authority details steps to reduce worksite accidents
• (06/01/04) - Governor appoints Sinnott to head Div of Vocational Rehab
• (05/27/04) - Alaska: relatively less expensive than it used to be
• (05/27/04) - Soldotna physician, Barrow schools honored for safety achievement
• (05/21/04) - Unemployment Rate declines in April
• (05/10/04) - OSH Review Board cancels Ketchikan hearings
• (04/30/04) - Health care career fairs in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau
• (04/29/04) - State shifts some safety and health jurisdiction to federal OSHA
• (04/27/04) - Required Alaska, federal job site posters available free
• (04/16/04) - Kotzebue, Juneau executives elected to lead AWIB
• (04/16/04) - March Unemployment Rate Declines
• (04/13/04) - Governor directs priority job help for Chevron Station workers
• (03/24/04) - UI frauds trigger federal prison sentence, jail terms, stiff fines
• (03/23/04) - Seafood processing jobs open as fishing seasons start
• (03/19/04) - February Unemployment Unchanged
• (03/10/04) - Employers urged to stay current on tax credit plan
• (03/08/04) - Advisory council meets before Gov’s Safety & Health Conference
• (03/03/04) - Investment board expands job training for workers in resource industries
• (02/27/04) - January 2004 Unemployment Rises Slightly
• (02/18/04) - Fishermen’s Fund sets public testimony before Juneau claim hearings
• (02/13/04) - State launches new online system for UI tax accounting
• (01/23/04) - Workers upgrade reindeer processing skills
• (01/22/04) - Alaska Population Estimates for 2003
• (01/23/04) - Unemployment Rate Climbs in December 2003
• (01/15/04) - Worker faces prison term - fraud cases exceed $2.7 million
• (01/09/04) - State launches electronic filing for workers’ comp insurance
• (01/09/04) - Alaska companies, municipal facility, receive SHARP awards
• (01/07/04) - State launches seafood job Recruiting in Anchorage
• (01/02/04) - Upgrade may cause delay in unemployment insurance processing