Tag: Jobs

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 18, 2016, file photo, a woman passes a "We're Hiring!" sign while entering a clothing store in the Downtown Crossing of Boston. On Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for July.

Economy adds 103,000 jobs in March, unemployment steady at 4.1 percent

Joseph Lawler · April 6, 2018 12:30 pm

Workers work on a building under construction in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. California's unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.7 percent in July, the first rise in unemployment since the spring of 2011. Construction lost 7,000 jobs with mining, logging and government employment also dropping in July.

Number of people getting unemployment benefits falls to 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · April 5, 2018 12:35 pm

A quick way Trump can help small business

Chip Rogers and Hitash Patel · April 5, 2018 4:00 am

How a group calling itself the ‘Small Business Majority’ works to harm small businesses

Alfredo Ortiz · April 4, 2018 12:00 am

SEIU Local 1 union members protest for an increase in the minimum wage on Nov. 29, 2016, at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich.

SEIU slashes funding for $15 minimum wage movement

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2018 9:09 pm

Supporters carry signs as they picket around the state Capitol during a teacher's rally in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 2, 2018. Teachers were holding separate protests in Oklahoma and Kentucky on Monday to voice dissatisfaction with issues like pay and pensions.

Oklahoma teachers storm capitol, latest in wave to hit red states

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2018 6:46 pm

Supreme Court overturns Obama effort to expand overtime pay

Sean Higgins · April 2, 2018 5:06 pm

Workers assemble sedans in an automaker's plant.

Manufacturing losses have fueled opioid addiction: Study

Joseph Lawler · April 2, 2018 5:02 pm

Job seeker Alejandra Bastidas fills out an application at a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater, Fla.

Five charts that show just how strong the jobs market is

Joseph Lawler · April 1, 2018 11:47 am

Republicans beware: Union workers are often your margin of victory

Michael P. Balzano · March 30, 2018 4:00 am

Dixon Valve & Coupling Company employee Toni Durant, left, speaks with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, and Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., right, during a factory tour prior to a tax reform town hall with employees in Chestertown, Md., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.

Maryland manufacturer visited by Paul Ryan announces tax cut bonuses

Joseph Lawler · March 28, 2018 6:31 pm

Workers build washing machines on the assembly line at the Samsung washing machine facility, Friday, March 16, 2018, in Newberry, S.C.

It’s official: Economy grew at a 2.9 percent rate to end 2017

Joseph Lawler · March 28, 2018 12:32 pm