Tag: Labor

White House press secretary Josh Earnest may have given a preview of what could become the worst mistake of President Obama's tenure in the Oval Office. (AP Photo)

VIDEO: June jobs report shows growth

Lisa Ruhl · July 3, 2014 7:42 pm

People wait in line for the Cleveland Career Fair in Independence, Ohio. (AP/Tony Dejak)

‘True’ unemployment rate falls to 8.3 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 3, 2014 4:05 pm

German chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, stands next to labor minister Andrea Nahles, center left, as they are surrounded by parliamentarians casting their vote in the German parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin Thursday July 3, 2014. The German Parliament has approved the introduction of the country's first national minimum wage, which will guarantee most workers in Europe's biggest economy at least 8.50 euros (US $11.60) per hour starting next year. (AP Photo/dpa, Maurizio Gambarini)

German Parliament OKs national minimum wage

Geir Moulson · July 3, 2014 3:41 pm

June’s jobs report removes one big concern about the recovery

June’s jobs report removes one big concern about the recovery

Joseph Lawler · July 3, 2014 1:47 pm

Applications for US unemployment benefits edge up

Applications for US unemployment benefits edge up

Martin Crutsinger · July 3, 2014 12:35 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Despite Supreme Court ruling, Illinois caregivers still obligated to meet with union

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2014 10:00 am

32 states trail US as a whole in job recovery

Paul Wiseman · July 2, 2014 8:32 pm

In this Monday, June 30, 2014 photo, trader John Liotti, center, and specialist Donald Civitanova, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks were mostly higher Wednesday, July 2, 2014, on improved U.S. and Chinese economic activity. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks close at record highs as US hiring surges

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 8:14 pm

Nev. SC overturns dismissal of cab drivers’ minimum wage arguments

Nev. SC overturns dismissal of cab drivers’ minimum wage arguments

Kyla Asbury · July 2, 2014 7:53 pm

LIRR contract talks set to resume next week

LIRR contract talks set to resume next week

Frank Eltman · July 2, 2014 7:51 pm

Graffiti is painted on walls and the entrance of an electric station of Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Athens, on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. PPC workers are threatening with rolling strikes to protest government plans to sell a stake in the company to private investors. The conservative-led government is warning that a protracted strike could lead to blackouts at the height of Greece's key tourist season, and has said it could try to force PPC workers back to work through a mobilization order. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece faces power cuts as unions plan strikes

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 7:18 pm

In this May 19, 2014 photo, Micki Taylor, branch manager of the Mega Force Staffing Services in Kinston, N.C., reviews an orientation booklet with Kenneth Wilson, who is training to become a forklift operator, in Kinston, N.C. Payroll processer ADP said Wednesday, July 2, 2014, that private employers added 281,000 jobs last month, up from 179,000 in the previous month. (AP Photo/Kinston Free Press, Sara Pezzoni)

Survey: US companies added 281,000 jobs in June

Josh Boak · July 2, 2014 1:02 pm