John J. Sweeney, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., criticized the leaders of the service employees union and others that have threatened to quit the labor federation.
Recruiters and economists worry that those who quit the labor force for a while will have difficulty competing with younger workers or people who have been out of work for only a short period.
We also argued in Section 3 that young mothers might have to quit the labor force if they experience a severe illness themselves.
On the other hand, young mothers might also have to quit the labor force if they experience a severe illness themselves that requires childcare help from grandparents or in-laws, which would underestimate the effect of grandparental childcare use on mother's labor force participation.
Each month the Bureau of Labor Statistics determines the number of workers officially unemployed, and in doing so they largely ignore workers who are either part-time of necessity, marginally attached, or have quit the labor force out of frustration.
For women who are out of the labor force, some may have never worked outside the home, while others may choose to become housewives after quitting the labor market.
Mr. Ahern has been under fire for months, with some union presidents quitting the labor council's board and several top council aides resigning.
As we can see in the last three columns of the top panel of Table 5, estimates are very similar to the ones including the year before the maternal grandfather passes away, which is again consistent with the possibility that young women are quitting the labor force earlier than expected to provide informal care to their elders.
told state and local labor leaders that he would allow officials from unions that had quit the national labor federation to run for and hold offices in state and local labor bodies.
Early last year, Ms. Keaney, with her access to organized labor, quit her post with the speaker to take a job with Mr. Bloomberg to run field operations for his re-election bid.
