Tag: Labor

R.I. fire district facing lawsuit after union requested info

Mark Payne · January 13, 2015 3:48 pm

2015 Ford F-150s move along the production line at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich. (AP/Paul Sancya)

U.S. job openings near 5 million

Joseph Lawler · January 13, 2015 3:45 pm

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Think Tanks: Teens left out in race to raise minimum wage

Washington Examiner Staff · January 12, 2015 10:00 am

Workers remove a large clamp from a section of pipe during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline in Prague, Oklahoma, U.S., on Monday, March 11, 2013. The Gulf Coast Project, a 485-mile crude oil pipeline being constructed by TransCanada Corp., is part of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project and will run from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty images)

Labor unions urge Senate to pass Keystone XL bill

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 9:27 pm

White House to raise overtime exemption to $42,000

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 5:13 pm

Jobs & the Economy: A Start

Geoffrey Norman · January 9, 2015 3:45 pm

The U.S. economic recovery kept up its momentum to finish 2014, adding 252,000 jobs in December. (iStock photo)

Job growth accelerates to end 2014, economy adds 252,000 jobs

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2015 3:19 pm

Low income workers say immigrants are taking ‘our jobs, healthcare, housing’

Paul Bedard · January 8, 2015 5:22 pm

Former Jimmy John’s employees file class action, seek overtime pay

LocalLabs News Service · January 8, 2015 3:55 pm

First-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 294,000 in the week ending Jan. 3. (iStock Photo)

Jobless claims tick down following holidays

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2015 2:18 pm

"The Postal Service, its employees and its customers would all be better off with more flexible human resource policies," said the United States Postal Service Inspector General in a report released Monday. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Postal Service)

Watchdog urges Postal Service to adopt private sector policies

Ethan Barton · January 7, 2015 6:48 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's "moral and economic interests."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AFL-CIO to hold minimum wage events in key primary states

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 6:47 pm