Tag: Labor

A job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. (AP/John Amis)

Applications for US jobless aid dip to 3-month low

Christopher Rugaber · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, file photo, customers at a Wal-Mart store head to the checkout lines past a worker with the company's motto on the back of her vest, in Salt Lake City. With fewer middle-income jobs available, low-wage work is becoming a dead-end for more Wal-Mart employees. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Obama signs order to revise overtime pay rules

Meghashyam Mali · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, sponsors theÃÂ Fair Minimum Wage Act. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manhattan Moment: Democrats don’t practice what they preach on minimum wage

Jared Meyer · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

VIDEO: Obama targets expansion of overtime pay

Steve Doty · March 13, 2014 12:00 am

United Auto Workers President Bob King discusses the union's 712-626 defeat in an election at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Workers request VW not help UAW if feds order re-vote

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2014 12:00 am

Obama wants overtime pay for more salaried workers

Obama wants overtime pay for more salaried workers

Jim Kuhnhenn · March 12, 2014 10:42 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, file photo, customers at a Wal-Mart store head to the checkout lines past a worker with the company's motto on the back of her vest, in Salt Lake City. With fewer middle-income jobs available, low-wage work is becoming a dead-end for more Wal-Mart employees. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Low-wage jobs unexpectedly a way of life for many

Josh Boak · March 12, 2014 8:05 pm

Advocates at a rally to raise the minimum wage. AP Photo

More than 500 economists slam minimum wage hike as a jobs killer

Paul Bedard · March 12, 2014 4:00 am

Oklahoma State Rep. Richard Morrissette talks with public employees during a rally at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Hundreds of teachers, firefighters and state employees visited with their legislators and urged them to stop a Republican-backed plan to shift newly hired state employees from the current traditional defined-benefit pension system to a 401(k)-style defined-contribution retirement plan. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Gooch)

Oklahoma House OKs defined contribution pension bill

Tim Talley · March 12, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin says hearing witnesses can ignore GOP questions

Sen. Tom Harkin says hearing witnesses can ignore GOP questions

Paul Bedard · March 12, 2014 12:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The wage increase to $10.10 an hour goes into effect next year, and applies to new contracts and replacements for expiring contracts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Official: Obama to push for more overtime pay

Julie Pace · March 12, 2014 12:00 am

Labor Dept. wants more 401(k) plan fee disclosures

Tom Raum · March 12, 2014 12:00 am