A lot of important issues have been neglected -- or avoided -- by both sides during this presidential campaign. Two recent news articles reminded me of one of them.
Labor Day means many things to many people -- back to school, the end of summer, a needed respite from the daily grind. For working people and union members, Labor Day stands for something special and profound.
Jim Gibbons of Green Oak Township, Mich., hopes he has a job next month. He works for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, which just pink-slip...
WASHINGTON -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) criticized public-sector unions on Sunday, saying they should be eliminated entirely. "There's, I thin...
CHICAGO -- He's baaack. Mitt Romney, seeking to capitalize on a damaging mistake Friday by President Barack Obama -- the president's careless comm...
After saying President Barack Obama does not care about the private sector, Mitt Romney on Friday dismissed unemployment in the public sector, saying ...
Even though you don't hear about their work every day, that's not to say you've never heard of some of America's federal employees! Who are these famous former feds?
Mitt Romney recently let his potential federal workforce know that he thinks they are overpaid. Any executive who took the CEO's job after announcing that his entire workforce was not worth much would not create the conditions for high performance.
If you work for the government, your job is probably more secure if you live in a state not controlled by Republicans. The 11 states that went red...
In a deal done in the dead of night last week, New York became the latest state to drastically overhaul its pension plan against the wishes of its pub...
When I signed up to be a poll booth worker in this year's election, I needed $200. I won't say why I needed this money, only that it would help pay for a certain citation from the City of New York that I had been putting off paying.
In Arizona, Republican efforts to dismantle public unions took another step forward this week. On Tuesday, the state Senate passed a bill banning t...
The public sector, the part of the economy experiencing cuts at every level, may soon be facing a staffing crisis of sorts. Just 6 percent of stud...
DALLAS -- Double-dipping – the well-established practice of public workers collecting government pensions and salaries at the same time – ...
The federal government could save billions of dollars by doing more work in-house instead of outsourcing to private contractors, a new study shows. ...
When the world was crumbling -- literally -- they didn't ask anything, just shouldered heavy gear and walked into the towers to do their jobs. Hundreds didn't walk out, ever.
Since 1995, every president has had to deliver a salary report of White House employees to Congress and the American people. And at a time when federa...
Someone who likes their job 75 percent of the time is probably doing vastly better than average, so here are a five ways we can keep public sector employees -- and, really, anyone in the workforce -- interested, happy and productive.
WASHINGTON - The layoffs of thousands of government workers may threaten the already slow-motion economic recovery in many U.S. metropolitan areas...
The drumbeat of negative economic news has continued at an alarming rate. For residents of some regions in the U.S., the noise is even louder. Thes...
By Peter Block The death of Osama bin Laden completes a painful chapter in our history. The reaction of many is celebration. Some will use this occas...
One of the perennial questions that arises in government is whether dishonest public officials, if convicted, should forfeit their pensions. No one rule can cover all the cases.
hemorrhage (Reuters) - The jobs outlook is growing dimmer and dimmer for the public sector. Federal employment data released on Friday shows tha...
Many employees of cash-strapped states, such as New Jersey, California and New York, appear headed for the exits -- trying to get out while they still...
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) dismissed a question about the possibility of the lower chamber's spending bill kill...
