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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

Read More: Job Market, Job Numbers, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Statitistics, Department of Labor, Part-Time Jobs, 1983, Business News

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

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

Forbes | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Department of Labor, Unemployment Benefits, Google AdSense, Unemployment, New York, Google, Technology News

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...

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Making Workers the Catalyst for Economic Recovery

Thomas Kochan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Policy, Economic Policy, Labor Day, Underemployment, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Department of Labor, Politics News
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.

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

Kate Kelly | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Labor, Alice Hamilton, Harvard, Labor Day, Union Holiday, Worker Safety, Politics News
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.

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Worker Compensation Grows by Lowest Amount On Record

Posted 08.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Employement, Lowest Worker Compensation, Unemployement, Econimic Crash, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Worker Compensation, Employment Compensation, Lowest Employment Compensation, Recession, Recession Economy, Business News

(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 ...

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New Jobless Claims Drop To 601K; Retail Sales Rise

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Department of Labor, Labor Department, Jobless Claims, Jobless Claims May, Business News

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

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Unemployment Rate: 9.4 Percent In May

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Department of Labor, Non Farm Payroll, Jobless, Unemployment Data, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Figures, Business News

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

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Jobless Claims Fall, First Decline In 20 Weeks

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Department of Labor, Unemployment Benefits, Financial Crisis, Unemployed, Unemployment Rate, Labor Department, Business News

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

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Jobs scarce with nearly 6.7M on benefit rolls

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry Layoffs, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Department of Labor, Unemployment Rate, Flood-of-Unemployment-Claims, Business News

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

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Arthur Delaney

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Wage Theft, Department of Labor, George Miller, Business News

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

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

ZP Heller | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Hilda Solis, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Taxes, California, Economy, Labor Department, Economic Crisis, Department of Labor, Tax Evasion, USA Today, Video, David Dayen, Job Cuts, Politics News
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.

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The Freedom of Migration Act Challenge

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Immigrants, Border Fence, Immigration Crisis, ICE Raids, Illegal Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Labor Visas, Immigration Debate, Freedom of Migration, Congress, Immigration, Immigration Law, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration and Customs, Ice, Immigration Reform, Visa Lottery, Family Sponsored Immigration, Illegal Aliens, Border Patrol, Immigration Bill, Border Security, Employment Agencies, Guest Workers, Department of Labor, Politics News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

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

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Enough!! Confirm Solis Now!

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Labor, Organized Labor, Senate Confirmation, Hilda Solis Labor, Latino Voters, Politics News
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.

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

Paula Duffy | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger Goodell, Troy Vincent, Union Elections, Rep. Jim Moran, Gene Upshaw, Nfl, Nflpa, Department of Labor, Politics News
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).

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Immigration Reform is a Promise Waiting to be Filled

Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, US Soldiers, Children, Department of Labor, Guantanamo, Immigration, Stimulus, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Iraq War, Immigration Reform, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Medicare, US Soldiers Iraq, Iraq, Children's Health, Immigration Debate, Schip, U.S. Department of Labor, Republicans, Politics News
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.

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

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Labor, Labor, Hilda Solis, Obama Labor Secretary, Conservative Economics, Obama Election Day, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
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.

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A Secretary of Labor for Workers

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Minimum Wage, Workers, Hilda Solis, Senator Ted Kennedy, Obama's Cabinet, Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor, Obama, Teamsters, California, Politics News
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.

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Bush Lies and Deception-A Farewell

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Department of Labor, Corruption, Lies, Politics, Iraq, Bush, Ukraine, Politics News
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...

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Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Cuts, Jobs Report, Department of Labor, Labor Department, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business News

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...

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The Bush Administration's Latest Assault on Immigrant Farmworkers

Bruce Goldstein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farm Workers, Department of Labor, Guest Workers, Immigrant Workers, Politics News
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.

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4,000 Mine Safety Violations Ignored On Bush Administration Watch

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

Read More: Department of Labor, Richard Stickler, Mine Safety Violations, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Mine Safety, Msha, Politics News

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

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Feds Fight To Keep Utah Mine Investigation Docs From Public

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Robert Murray, Richard Stickler, Utah Mine Disaster, MSHA, Department of Labor, Crandall Canyon, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Bob Murray, Home News

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...

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