Tag: Jobs

Worker centers are doing unions’ dirty work for the holidays

Worker centers are doing unions’ dirty work for the holidays

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Friday's Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey showed that there were 4.6 million hires in September, to go along with 4.4 million job separations.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

Slow hiring is blurring the line between long-term unemployed and not working

Joseph Lawler · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Economists: Christmas Sales Will Fall Unless They Rise

Irwin M. Stelzer · November 23, 2013 5:00 am

Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has pledged her support for a move in the U.S. Senate to make tax credits permanent for businesses that hire military veterans. It's an issue on which Grimes and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell agree. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Alison Lundergan Grimes pledges support for jobs plan for veterans

Washington Examiner · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits fell 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 323,000 last week, the lowest since late September and further evidence of an improving job market. (AP Photo/John Amis, file)

US unemployment benefit applications drop to 323K

Christopher Rugaber · November 21, 2013 4:08 pm

A sign advertising a career fair is seen outside along a main street during a job fair at the University of Illinois Springfield campus Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in Springfield, Ill. (AP File)

Democrats launch effort to renew jobless benefits

Andrew Taylor · November 20, 2013 7:17 pm

New Jersey's minimum wage will rise by $1 to $8.25 an hour in January, and minimum wage workers will get an automatic annual cost-of-living increase after voters approved a constitutional amendment. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Massachusetts Senate approves hike in state minimum wage

Steve LeBlanc · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

House panel to probe unemployment data

House panel to probe unemployment data

Sam Hananel · November 19, 2013 11:48 pm

Not a Good (Black) Friday

Not a Good (Black) Friday

Geoffrey Norman · November 19, 2013 2:46 pm

People talk to a FirstService representative at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla., on Oct. 31. According to the Department of Labor, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 last week. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

US employment costs up 0.4 percent in 3Q

Associated Press · November 19, 2013 1:45 pm

Janet Yellen’s ‘Trickle Down’ Economics

Jeffrey Bell · November 19, 2013 12:04 pm

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., shown here Nov. 13, revealed a potential conflict of interesting involving a Justice Department lawyer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Darrell Issa sends letter to Census demanding info on alleged fake jobless data

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2013 5:00 am