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Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only...

Lawyer's Unemployment Benefits Yanked Over $1 A Day From Blog

Forbes | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology


Does writing a blog constitute work? That appears to be the position of the New York State Department of Labor, which recently declared a laid-off att...

Making Workers the Catalyst for Economic Recovery

Thomas Kochan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Thomas Kochan

Workers have good reasons to feel left out of stimulus efforts to date. Nearly 20 percent of the workforce is unemployed, unable to find a full time job, or has given up on looking for one.

For Labor Day: A Nod to a Woman Who Pushed for Worker Safety

Kate Kelly | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Kate Kelly

Alice Hamilton was the energy behind investigating workplace health hazards. She should be honored for drawing attention to the daily dangers to which workers are exposed.

Worker Compensation Grows by Lowest Amount On Record

Posted 08.31.2009 | Business


(AP): Employment compensation for U.S. workers has grown over the past 12 months by the lowest amount on record, reflecting the severe recession that ...

New Jobless Claims Drop To 601K; Retail Sales Rise

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has set another record, a development likely to weigh on consumer spending and...

Unemployment Rate: 9.4 Percent In May

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Employers throttled back on layoffs in May and cut the fewest jobs in any month since the financial crisis erupted last fall _ rais...

Jobless Claims Fall, First Decline In 20 Weeks

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of people on the jobless rolls is down by a fraction, but those figures could be deceiving: Economists expect the unempl...

Jobs scarce with nearly 6.7M on benefit rolls

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — A sign that jobs likely will remain scarce through next year emerged Thursday in a report showing a record number of Americans rece...

Arthur Delaney

Labor Dept Ignored Tip On Kids In Meatpacking Plant: GAO (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business


An undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office lowers the boom on the Department of Labor for failing to protect workers. The GAO...

Why We Must Fight Like Hell to Confirm Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary

ZP Heller | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


ZP Heller

The Senate Labor committee postponed Solis' nomination yesterday because of a recent USA Today report about her husband's outstanding California tax liens.

The Freedom of Migration Act Challenge

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The present recession overshadows our unresolved immigration mess. Whether we want it or not, we have to address this issue again.

Enough!! Confirm Solis Now!

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Mario Solis-Marich

There are real consequences to the national debate and a real impact would be felt should Solis not be confirmed. If the nomination fails, the administration may end up with more GOP'ers in its ranks than Latinos.

Is Congressman Jim Moran Inappropriately Interfering in NFL Union Chief Election?

Paula Duffy | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics


Paula Duffy

Congressman Jim Moran has decided it is time to poke his head into the on-going saga of who will succeed the late Gene Upshaw as the Executive Director of the NFL Players' Association (NFLPA).

Immigration Reform is a Promise Waiting to be Filled

Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


Marisa Treviño

Some analysts are guessing that Obama, while he won't utter the words "immigration reform" in the same breath, might be more willing to tackle the issue one piece at a time.

Some GOP Senators Still Believe They Are Right On Labor. Solis Must Be Confirmed

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics


Mario Solis-Marich

What gives some in the GOP the real jitters though is not the message as much as the messenger. Solis wears her working class roots on her blue collared shirt sleeve.

A Secretary of Labor for Workers

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


James P. Hoffa

In 2005, California Congresswoman Hilda Solis contributed $15,000 of her own campaign money to fund a successful movement to raise the minimum wage in California.

Bush Lies and Deception-A Farewell

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


Christopher Brauchli

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual. Thomas J...

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory ga...

The Bush Administration's Latest Assault on Immigrant Farmworkers

Bruce Goldstein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


Bruce Goldstein

New changes to the guestworker program proposed by the Bush administration would reduce protections and contravene decades of lessons learned about temporary worker programs.

4,000 Mine Safety Violations Ignored On Bush Administration Watch

Charleston (W.V.) Gazette | Ken Ward Jr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Federal regulators have allowed mine operators to avoid fines for thousands of health and safety citations, despite a federal law that requires moneta...

Feds Fight To Keep Utah Mine Investigation Docs From Public

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Court proceedings of the investigation into the collapse of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine should not be made public, argue attorneys for the Mine Safety...