Tag: Labor

Bill seeks fairer treatment for black lung victims

Frederic J. Frommer · September 18, 2014 7:26 pm

Former lead paint manufacturers file briefs to Calif. appeals court

Jessica Karmasek · September 18, 2014 6:30 pm

Supermarket feud tied to monthly job figures

Bob Salsberg · September 18, 2014 3:42 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, job seeker Migdalia Feliz, of Miramar, Fla., third from right, listens to detective William DeJeus, left, of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, at a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Applications for US jobless benefits fall sharply

Josh Boak · September 18, 2014 1:14 pm

Since Walker was starring in his own ad, he would have to file an OSHA complaint against himself. (YouTube)

Scott Walker accused of violating OSHA when he climbs out of pit in ad

Sean Higgins · September 17, 2014 8:48 pm

In this July 9, 2014 photo, Mitchell Rodgers loads packages into his delivery truck at the FedEx Express station in Nashville, Tenn. FedEx Corp., on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, reported profit of $606 million in its fiscal first quarter. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

FedEx to add 50,000 seasonal jobs

David Koenig · September 17, 2014 5:15 pm

Margaux Hengel, right, and Stephanie Leon of France react after their flight is canceled at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Air France canceled at least half its flights around the world on Monday as pilots began a weeklong strike, highlighting the trouble Europe's flagship airlines face in keeping up with low-cost competitors. Both 24-year-old medical workers, already made a sacrifice before dawn on Wednesday. They hurriedly bought tickets on a 4-hour train to catch their flight to the Caribbean after their first-leg flight from Brest, in western France, to Paris was canceled. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Laments, long lines amid Air France pilots’ strike

Jamey Keaten · September 17, 2014 3:18 pm

In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 photo, a central Illinois corn farmer begins to harvest this years crops of corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers behind schedule in bringing their corn in from the fields, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

USDA: Rain, cold hampering Illinois corn harvest

Jim Suhr · September 16, 2014 9:34 pm

UPS expects to hire up to 95,000 seasonal workers

David Koenig · September 16, 2014 9:21 pm

The NLRB "was supposed to be an umpire. It was created 79 years ago for that purpose. Over time it has become more of an advocate for one interest group or another depending on whether we had a Republican or Democratic administration in power," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the legislation's sponsor.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republicans introduce bill to hobble NLRB

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2014 6:22 pm

Report: 30 percent of Va. schools come up short

Washington Examiner · September 16, 2014 4:08 pm

US labor board orders CNN to rehire fired workers

Tom Raum · September 15, 2014 11:54 pm