Tag: Labor

German train drivers’ union calls 2-day strike

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2014 9:52 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already published guidelines that address the safety of telecom tower construction and maintenance workers. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

FCC, Labor Department announce partnership for telecom worker safety

Paul Gonzalez · October 16, 2014 8:12 pm

This now infamous study by David Card and Alan Krueger did not in fact prove that after a wage hike, employment in the fast-food industry increased more in New Jersey counties than in neighboring Pennsylvania counties. (iStock Photo)

If minimum wage is so great, why cite bogus study?

Larry Elder · October 16, 2014 4:35 pm

FILE - In this July 21, 2011 photo, Sonya Mosey from Altoona, Pa. fills out an employment application for Gillece Services at the Pittsburgh Career Fair, in Pittsburgh. The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

US jobless aid applications fall to 14-year low

Christopher Rugaber · October 16, 2014 2:03 pm

Jobless claims fall to lowest level since 2000

Joseph Lawler · October 16, 2014 1:29 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2010, file photo, Katherine Braun sorts packages toward the right shipping area at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon is hiring 80,000 seasonal workers for its distribution centers as it looks to improve its shipping efficiency during the crucial 2014 holiday season. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Amazon hires 80K seasonal holiday workers

Mae Anderson · October 16, 2014 12:42 pm

Scot Beckenbaugh speaks at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations on October 19, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty images)

FMCS paid senior official’s rent, meals, other living expenses for six years

Luke Rosiak · October 16, 2014 9:00 am

Wal-Mart cuts sales outlook amid tough economy

Anne D'innocenzio · October 15, 2014 11:43 pm

McAuliffe announces layoffs, cuts, costlier booze

Michael Felberbaum · October 15, 2014 10:00 pm

Michigan unemployment rate drops to 7.2 percent

Washington Examiner · October 15, 2014 7:23 pm

Former Wendy Williams Show intern says Lions Gate owed minimum wage

Kyla Asbury · October 15, 2014 5:56 pm

Thus, the current federal debt per full-time private-sector worker of $200,258.81 exceeds the average four-year cost at a private college by about $36,591. (iStock Photo)

Federal debt now $200,000 per full-time private-sector worker

Terence Jeffrey · October 15, 2014 4:13 pm