Tag: Labor

The U.S. Postal Service reported a $573 million increase in losses from a year earlier, driven by less mail being delivered as technology replaces the stamp and envelope. (AP Photo/Alex Washburn, File)

Postal Service posts $2.1 billion loss in quarter

Sean Higgins · August 10, 2017 3:24 pm

Forecasters had expected jobless claims not to rise much above the previous week's very low level of 240,000. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Jobless claims inch up to 244,000, economy extends best hot streak in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2017 12:32 pm

In a court filing, the agency said that it is planning to extend the effective date for the remaining provisions of the "fiduciary rule" until July of 2019. (Wikipedia Commons)

Labor Department to delay financial conflicts-of-interest rule

Joseph Lawler · August 9, 2017 8:33 pm

Brian Hawkins was the head of the VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

VA forced to rehire fired worker

Pete Kasperowicz · August 9, 2017 6:36 pm

The number of advertised job openings rose to a record-high 6.2 million in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

US job openings hit record high in June

Joseph Lawler · August 8, 2017 2:12 pm

The UAW refuses to accept that the object of their desire wants no relationship with them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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The UAW loses again

David Freddoso · August 7, 2017 6:57 pm

The officials fear that it is inevitable that the Supreme Court will end the unions' power to force workers to pay them fees for representing them in collective bargaining. Nor do the officials know how to respond to the coming change.

Unions fear they can’t stop right-to-work

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2017 4:01 am

In a closely watched vote, Nissan workers at a Canton, Miss., plant rejected the United Auto Workers by a 2-to-1 margin in an organizing vote concluded late Friday, dealing a major blow to the union's hopes to make inroads in the south. The vote was 2,244 to 1,307. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Nissan workers reject union by nearly a 2-1 margin

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2017 1:23 pm

In the CNN case, the board argued that the company exerted enough control over Team Video Services, a staffing agency, that it became a joint employer.

Court gives CNN win in labor dispute

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2017 10:42 pm

The pension plans are going belly-up at a rate rapidly depleting the money needed to cover the losses. (Twitter)

Multiemployer pensions insolvent by 2025, agency says

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2017 10:16 pm

President Trump's re-election campaign attributed the most recent boost in job numbers to Trump, and said the increase is proof Trump "has already begun to Make America Great Again." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump campaign says jobs report ‘proof positive’ of Trump’s success

Melissa Quinn · August 4, 2017 7:31 pm

Economists had expected job growth to slow to below 180,000, after a stronger month in June. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

US adds 209,000 new jobs in July, unemployment ticks down to 4.3 percent

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2017 12:31 pm