Labor&#39;s task: to get welfare back on track
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One of Labor&#39;s challenges is to come up with an electorally acceptable proposal for reform in an inefficient, badly targeted family welfare system.
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The election is over. Let another begin &#151; for the helm of the AFL-CIO. The failed presidential bid of union-backed John Kerry was a reminder that organized labor's clout is shrinking.
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LABOR has accused the Federal Government of engaging in reckless spending which could push up interest rates. The claim came as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave the Government and the Reserve Bank a glowing report card.
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Many Democrats, womenÃÂs organizations and liberal groups are gearing up for a fight on another workplace issue: paid sick days.
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Colorado isn&#39;t doing enough to boost its low-income working families, according to a study to be released today. That is especially troubling, say those who are involved in
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Description: Labor leaders are trying to find ways to reverse decades of dwindling membership caused, they say, by outsourcing and globalization.
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Airline unions, still nursing wounds after a bruising six-year clash with cash-strapped carriers, are getting ready to reclaim lost wages and benefits for workers, as well as some lost clout for themselves.
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With Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder under heavy fire this week, the government appeared to want to ease the pain of its controversial economic reforms by rekindling the debate about the introduction of minimum wages.
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Campaigning was never going to be easy for opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham: an Australian economy into its 13th year of expansion, interest rates at their lowest in 30 years, inflation in check an close race likely to be decided in just a
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An Australian government rethink of its welfare system for Aborigines sparks widespread controversy.
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The Labor leader who heads the Scottish government has made the state of his country's health a priority.
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The president of the AFL-CIO announced Wednesday that organized labor, facing the second term of an administration it fought hard to beat in last week&#39;s election, would
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Â· Unanimous backing for action on public sector pay  Â· Postal workers announce new wave of disruption
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Airline unions, still nursing wounds  after a bruising six-year clash with cash-strapped carriers,  are getting ready to reclaim lost wages and benefits for  workers, as well as some lost clout for themselves.
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A boss tackles problems of the working poor while reducing turnover and increasing profits.
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The system should be revamped to aid more workers displaced by a transforming economy, economists said as they released overhaul proposals.
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Employers are urged to help improve the basic skills of the workforce by the government.