Tag: Labor

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, recruiter Valera Kulow, left, speaks with job seeker Leonardo Vitiello during a career fair in Dallas. The Labor Department reports the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Applications up slightly for US jobless aid

Josh Boak · June 5, 2014 12:46 pm

UAW delegates passed an increase of 25 percent by voice vote Tuesday during their 36th constitutional convention in Detroit. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

UAW hikes dues as membership losses drain treasury

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2014 5:58 pm

(Thinkstock)

Government employees in Philadelphia are getting their jobs back after getting caught doing this

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2014 5:40 pm

In this Friday, May 16, 2014 photo, a construction worker works on the site of the SoMa at Brickell apartment building in downtown Miami. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing activity for May on Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

US service firms grow at fastest pace since August

Josh Boak · June 4, 2014 3:07 pm

Chicago minimum wage task force to engage public

Chicago minimum wage task force to engage public

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 9:51 am

San Francisco transit disrupted by worker callouts

SUDHIN THANAWALATERRY COLLINS · June 4, 2014 12:49 am

NYC teachers vote to accept new contract

NYC teachers vote to accept new contract

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 11:05 pm

$15 minimum wage permits few luxuries in US cities

DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP · June 3, 2014 11:02 pm

UAW raises dues for 1st time in 47 years

UAW raises dues for 1st time in 47 years

Tom Krisher · June 3, 2014 7:47 pm

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on the assembly of a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

German union leader says fight to unionize Chattanooga Volkswagen plant not over

Sean Higgins · June 3, 2014 5:54 pm

A sign that reads "15 Good Work Seattle" is displayed below Seattle City Hall, right, and the Columbia Center building, left, Monday, June 2, 2014, after the Seattle City Council passed a $15 minimum wage measure. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle’s $15 minimum wage: Questions and answers

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 10:20 am

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, center speaks Monday, June 2, 2014, at a rally outside Seattle City Hall after the Seattle City Council passed a $15 minimum wage measure. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle raises minimum wage; will others follow?

DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP · June 3, 2014 10:09 am