Tag: Labor

In February, a Congressional Budget Office study that found that a half-million jobs will be lost under the proposal by Democrats in Congress to raise the federal minimum from $7.25 to $10.10 by 2016. (AP Photo)

The hidden costs of raising the minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2014 9:00 pm

Where have all the missing American workers gone?

Tom Raum · June 9, 2014 6:45 pm

The Labor Department's jobs report disappointed for a second consecutive month Friday, bringing the news that the U.S. created just 113,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent.

The Fed’s unofficial new goal

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2014 10:40 am

Metro trains sit parked on the second day of a strike by the operators in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 6, 2014. Overland commuter train operators went on strike Thursday, stranding the millions of people who use Sao Paulo's public transport systems. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Brazil subway strike on in WCup city despite fine

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 8, 2014 10:55 pm

In this June 6, 2014 photo, cook Kim Jarjabka send out two lunch orders at Coppertop restaurant in Valley City, Ohio. According to research by the National Employment Law Project, restaurants and bars, temporary staffing, and retail account for more than one-third of the job gains in the current recovery. Wages in these sectors average less than $13.34 an hour. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

US job market recovers losses yet appears weaker

JOSH BOAKCHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER · June 8, 2014 6:02 pm

Trial that could reshape college athletics begins

Trial that could reshape college athletics begins

Tim Dahlberg · June 8, 2014 5:28 pm

A job seeker fills out an application during a career fair at the Southeast Community Facility Commission on May 21, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Is the unemployment rate really 6.3 percent? Or is it 12.2 percent?

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2014 7:32 pm

Robotic arms weld the interior of a Volkswagen Passat sedan at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

Liberal activist lays out plan for UAW do-over at Chattanooga Volkswagen plant

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2014 7:23 pm

FILE - This March 4, 2013 file photo shows a sign for Wall Street on the side of building near the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures rose Friday, June 6, 2014, after the government said U.S. employers hired at a good clip for the fourth month in a row. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stock market heads higher after jobs report

Matthew Craft · June 6, 2014 9:12 pm

Sessions: 7 Million Have Left Workforce Since Obama Took Office

Sessions: 7 Million Have Left Workforce Since Obama Took Office

Daniel Halper · June 6, 2014 4:09 pm

The number of payroll jobs increased by 217,000 to hit a record high of 138.5 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Six years later, U.S. finally regains jobs lost in crisis

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2014 3:23 pm

President Barack Obama British Prime Minister David Cameron speak during a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama concerned about France-Russia warship deal

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2014 2:22 pm