Tag: Labor

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Weak jobs report shows unemployment rate dipping below 7 percent for first time in Obama presidency as workers leave labor force

Joseph Lawler · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

On Jan. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments by lawyers for eight women, all but one of whom look after family members, into whether Illinois' push to unionize them is constitutional. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Meet the homemaker who could end Illinois’ push to unionize home health care

Sean Higgins · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Two Kentucky Republicans who served on a special investigative state House committee accused majority Democrats of disbanding the panel last year without fully investigating sexual harassment allegations against former Rep. John Arnold.

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Court rejects NLRB rule on arbitration and class action

Sean Higgins · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meets with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jobless bill stalls in Senate

David Espo · January 9, 2014 11:55 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington in November 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka vows to block Trade Promotion Authority

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair. (AP/David Goldman)

Jobless claims fall ahead of Friday jobs report

Joseph Lawler · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

With less than a full week on the job, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton has to contend with the arrests of 72 retired police officers for fraudulently obtaining disability benefits for mental health conditions, for which they claim resulted from their service during the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 (AP/Kathy Willens, File)

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New York City disability scam case spotlights advisers’ role

Jennifer Peltz · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Fed reduced bond buys after seeing big job gains

Fed reduced bond buys after seeing big job gains

Martin Crutsinger · January 8, 2014 9:53 pm

Rhea Lana says donors volunteered to help at her business' consignment events, but the Department of Labor says otherwise. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Labor Department tells Arkansas businesswoman she can’t have volunteers

Sean Higgins · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority LeaderÃÂ MitchÃÂ McConnell, R-Ky.:ÃÂ "If the Majority Leader wants this bill to pass the Senate, then he's likely going to have to find a way to pay for it."ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jobless aid package runs into Republican roadblocks

Susan Ferrechio · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Jimmetta Smith holds her resume while talking with Rhonda Knight, a senior recruiter for Delta airlines, at a job fair for veterans and family members in Marietta, Ga. (AP/David Goldman)

Survey: US companies add 238,000 jobs in December, most in year

Christopher Rugaber · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debate over unemployment benefits is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 5:00 am