This Labor Day, workers falling further behind
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On this glorious Labor Day weekend I'd like to say a few words about the futility of work.
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Come Labor Day, most people's interest in swimming outdoors fades faster than a summer tan. And once they start climbing out of their pools, Steve Jackson barely has time to jump into the shower.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 5, 2004 - A spotty job market and stagnant paychecks cloud this Labor Day holiday for many workers, highlighting the importance of pocketbook issues in the presidential election.
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With Boxing Day falling on a Sunday, retailers reported more modest crowds than in the past at annual discount sales. But they expect to do brisk business this week, as many Canadians will not return to work until the new year.
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The economy added 112,000 payroll jobs in November, the Labor Department reported today, far fewer than the month before and not enough to keep up with average increases in the adult population.
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Workers struggling to make ends meet saw little relief in their paychecks this year, and may not see much next year either.
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U.S. factory activity in the  mid-Atlantic region grew slower than expected in July after a  surprise surge in June, and initial claims last week for U.S.  jobless benefits fell to a two-month low, a survey and a report  showed on Thursday.
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The efficiency of American workers slowed sharply in the spring while a key gauge of labor costs rose at the fastest rate since late 2004.
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BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- The National Hockey League has slipped closer towards losing - for the first time - a season to a labor dispute.
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Americans faced higher gas prices and eroding wages, even as an important gauge of inflation drifted lower.
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Workers filing for initial unemployment benefits fell 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 328,000 last week, a government report said, to a slightly lower level than Wall Street expected.
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The number of U.S. workers signing  up for unemployment aid edged down slightly last week, the  Labor Department said on Thursday in a report underscoring  stability in the labor market despite sluggish growth.
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U.S. employers hired more workers   during July than the month before, while the number of   employees who left their jobs fell for the second straight   month, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3 -- The morning fog was still burning off the Allegheny River as workers gathered before 9 a.m. outside the hockey arena where a parade through downtown would later begin -- the electricians, the sheet-metal workers, the operating engineers, and, in greatest number, the coal...
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The last two years have been the gloomiest in the history of labor relations in the Israeli economy. The Histadrut, representing about a third of the wage earners in the country, was struck by a series of
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U.S. factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region grew slower than expected in July after a surprise surge in June, and initial claims last week for U.S. jobless benefits fell to a two-month low, a survey and a report showed on Thursday.
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A survey shows that more workers are relying on technology to do their job while on the move.