Tag: Labor

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, file photo, Carmen Nazario of Albany, N.Y., fills out an employment application during a job fair at the Marriott Hotel in Colonie, N.Y. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

US jobless aid applications rise to 311,000

Josh Boak · August 14, 2014 12:50 pm

Gov. Patrick: Market Basket workers should return

Gov. Patrick: Market Basket workers should return

Steve LeBlanc · August 13, 2014 10:44 pm

Teachers walk a picket line in front of Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, after the Galesburg Education Association turned down a contract offer late Tuesday from District 205 after more than 15 hours of mediation in the past two days. It's the first strike in Galesburg in 37 years. School is scheduled to start Thursday. (AP Photo/The Register-Mail, Steve Davis)

Northwest Illinois teachers strike over contract

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 6:25 pm

Quinn talks about labor at Democratic breakfast

Quinn talks about labor at Democratic breakfast

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 4:15 pm

Amazon to hire 300 in northern Ky.

Amazon to hire 300 in northern Ky.

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 1:05 pm

Some suggest a "Poverty Reduction Opportunity" or PRO wage, could completely replace not only the federal minimum wage, but also the system of tax credits intended to aid poor Americans. (iStock)

Here’s the newest conservative alternative to the minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · August 13, 2014 11:39 am

Nevada state workers pay large share of insurance

Nevada state workers pay large share of insurance

Scott Sonner · August 13, 2014 12:48 am

Market Basket says workers must return by Friday

Market Basket says workers must return by Friday

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 12:35 am

Report: State offers workers generous health plans

Report: State offers workers generous health plans

Tom Verdin · August 13, 2014 12:07 am

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2011 file photo, Apple employees walk between buildings at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. A breakdown released Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 by Apple Inc. showed 54 percent of the company's technology jobs in the U.S. are handled by whites and another 23 percent by Asians. Men make up 80 percent of Apple's technology workforce throughout the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Apple’s tech jobs held mostly by white, Asian men

Michael Liedtke · August 12, 2014 7:34 pm

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Leadership Council 40, based in Madison, Wis., reported it had just under 32,000 members as recently as 2011, when Gov. Scott Walker introduced his reforms. In a May filing, membership had dwindled to a little more than 13,000, a loss of about 18,000 members in four years. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin public sector unions still losing members

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2014 7:18 pm

Watch this map provide a brilliantly simplified perspective of the unemployment rate since 1976

Beltway Confidential

Watch this map provide a brilliantly simplified perspective of the unemployment rate since 1976

Justin Green · August 12, 2014 6:31 pm