Tag: Labor

Gallup: Public Has ‘No Confidence’ Economy Is Getting Better

Geoffrey Norman · September 12, 2014 10:20 am

Young people enter internships -- including unpaid ones -- precisely to improve their work product and make themselves a catch for future employers. Interns who master basic entry-level tasks can also be given more challenging tasks as well. (iStock Photo)

A victory in the war on internships

Washington Examiner · September 12, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - In this May 5, 2009 file photo, Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives are parked in a rail yard in Lincoln, Neb. A unit of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers union has rejected a deal with BNSF that would have allowed one-person crews under certain circumstances. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Rail union rejects deal that allowed one-man crews

Josh Funk · September 11, 2014 3:44 pm

In this June 12, 2014 photo, Laura MacDonald, 25, interviews for an administrative sales position at the Cleveland Career Fair in Independence, Ohio. The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. The report will be released Thursday Sept. 11, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Applications for US unemployment rise to 315K

Christopher Rugaber · September 11, 2014 12:52 pm

Civilian technology has gone "small" -- nanotechnology, genetic engineering, custom-engineered materials, "mass customization" through 3-D printing. If the Rouge plant looming over Dearborn was the iconic symbol of the industrial age, the iconic symbol of our information age is the smartphone in your pocket.ÃÂ (Compassionate Eye Foundation/Justin Pumfrey/Getty)

Large government out of place in a society based on small technology

Michael Barone · September 11, 2014 9:00 am

California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks before signing a bill mandating the paid leave that supporters say will guarantee that workers don't lose their jobs or their paychecks if they or a family member gets sick, in Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

California mandates sick days for workers

MICHAEL R. BLOODJULIET WILLIAMS · September 11, 2014 12:27 am

The Grand America Hotel is shown Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in Salt lake City. The upscale hotel chain has agreed to pay about $2 million to settle allegations that 43 Utah employees working in the country illegally had returned to work after they were flagged by an immigration audit and fired, according to federal authorities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah hotel settles case with immigration officials

Michelle Price · September 10, 2014 8:23 pm

Monroe hospital plans to cut 300 jobs

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 2:41 pm

Gulfstream to build paint facility, add 100 jobs

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 2:12 pm

Ex-teachers’ union treasurer admits stealing $100K

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 11:10 am

A Lufthansa aircraft passes a signpost at the airport in Munich during an eight-hour warning strike of Lufthansa pilots in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Lufthansa cancels 140 flights in pilots’ strike

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 11:07 am

Arbitration issue coming into focus for employers in West Virginia, attorney says

Amanda Robert · September 10, 2014 10:12 am