Tag: Labor

Record-high openings is a good sign for the economy and another indication that the jobs recovery still has steam in its seventh year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Job openings plummet by more than a million in sign of slowdown

Zach Halaschak · October 4, 2022 2:34 pm

The largest teachers' union in Florida actually supports school vouchers -- provided they stop at age 5. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Studies: Better data needed to research claims of teacher shortages

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2022 11:37 am

Report: Atlanta unemployment rebounds while other Georgia cities continue to struggle

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2022 2:30 pm

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Arkansas experiences large decline in job openings

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2022 3:30 pm

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Save Puerto Rico and repeal the Jones Act now

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2022 4:01 am

We’ve quit the pandemic only to start a pandemic of quitting

We’ve quit the pandemic only to start a pandemic of quitting

Hugo Gurdon · September 27, 2022 12:00 am

Karen Gonzales, a recruiter with a temporary staffing company, talks on the phone from her Miami Lakes, Fla., office.

Office occupancy rates see Labor Day bump — but not yet a full return

Zach Halaschak · September 26, 2022 10:05 am

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Where are the remote workers?

Timothy P. Carney · September 23, 2022 3:00 am

Customers walk out of a Walmart store in Hialeah Gardens, Fla.

Walmart prepares for holiday season with additional 40,000-employee workforce

Jenny Goldsberry · September 21, 2022 6:16 pm

A pedestrian passes in front of a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

Starbucks to end COVID-19 isolation and side effects pay in October

Rachel Schilke · September 19, 2022 9:07 pm

A Union Pacific employee uses a remote control device to drive a locomotive in a rail yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

US can focus on clearing rail jams after labor deal reached, LA Port director says

Washington Examiner · September 17, 2022 10:32 am

Applicants line up at a job fair at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J., on April 11, 2022. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 9 rose by 9,000 to 244,000, up from the previous week's 235,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday, July 14, 2022. First-time applications generally reflect layoffs. Analysts had expected the number to remain flat from the previous week.

Jobless claims lowest in three months in hopeful sign for economic ‘soft landing’

Zach Halaschak · September 15, 2022 12:32 pm