Tag: Labor

Former Spartanburg, S.C., sheriff's deputy Brandon Bentley, poses for a photo with his wife, retired Salem police department officer Kelly Clark, in Salem, Ore. Bentley's appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court on a post-traumatic stress disorder claim was denied, stating the law did not provide mental health benefits for officers because they are trained in the use of deadly force and know that they may have to use it. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Police unions push for medical coverage of PTSD

Sadie Gurman · May 16, 2014 4:00 am

Velma Conrelius protests for higher wages outside a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit Thursday, May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan workers rally for fast-food protests

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 1:40 am

Arizona sees big drop in jobless rate to 6.9 pct.

Arizona sees big drop in jobless rate to 6.9 pct.

Terry Tang · May 15, 2014 10:49 pm

Senate votes to boost minimum wage to $9.20/hour

Senate votes to boost minimum wage to $9.20/hour

Emma Fidel · May 15, 2014 10:49 pm

Yellen: Small businesses are driving job growth

Yellen: Small businesses are driving job growth

Josh Boak · May 15, 2014 10:11 pm

McDonald's employee Connie Ogletree, 55, right, leads a group of fast food workers and supporters in a chant during a protest outside a Krispy Kreme store, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Fast-food protests spread overseas

Candice Choi · May 15, 2014 9:49 pm

Connecticut unemployment rate dips as jobs added

Connecticut unemployment rate dips as jobs added

Stephen Singer · May 15, 2014 5:17 pm

It’s All Their Fault

It’s All Their Fault

Geoffrey Norman · May 15, 2014 11:23 am

Fast food workers plan protests for higher pay

Fast food workers plan protests for higher pay

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 8:06 am

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, a man raises his hand during at Google offices in New York. People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court said Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google to release diversity data about workforce

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 5:29 am

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Labor grants for foreign countries may be going to the wrong organizations, audit finds

Kelly Cohen · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - Farm workers make their way across a field shrouded in fog as they hoe weeds from a burley tobacco crop near Warsaw, Ky., early in this Thursday, July 10, 2008 file photo. You may have to be at least 18 to buy cigarettes in the U.S., but children as young as 7 are working long hours in fields harvesting nicotine- and pesticide-laced tobacco leaves under sometimes hazardous and sweltering conditions, according to a report released Wednesday May 14, 2014 by Human Rights Watch. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Report highlights child labor on US tobacco farms

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 6:51 pm