...jobs.The association's executive director, Marilyn Crockett, said the industry includes four of the top 10 private sector employers in the borough.Tesoro alone employs 200 people at the refinery, Tangaro said."These are good jobs," he...

...the Hecla Mining, and Coeur Alaska Inc., which operates the new Kensington gold mine, are the top two private-sector employers in Juneau, and most workers from the two mines live in Juneau and commute to work by crew boat. Greens Creek...

...tourism industry and the ATIA have a lot going for them, she told the group. "Tourism is Alaska's No. 2 private sector employer," she said. She outlined the industry's track record as a major source of income, a tax generator and an...

...fund. According to the Alaska Travel Industry Association, the travel industry is Alaska's second largest private-sector employer, providing one in eight jobs. Nearly $1.5 billion dollars is spent in Alaska as a result of the tourism...

...reform priorities for Alaska. First, we must protect and strengthen small business because new jobs from small private-sector employers have long been the engine of economic growth and will drive recovery now. To keep the costs of health reform...

...likely to have a pension. Unions are family friendly. Nevertheless, in 25 percent of organizing campaigns, private-sector employers illegally fire workers because they want to form a union. Even after workers successfully form a union, in...