Unions Continued to Decline in 2004 - U.S.
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One in eight U.S. workers belonged  to a labor union in 2004 as union membership continued its  decades-long slide, according to U.S. government figures  released on Thursday.
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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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The productivity of American workers slowed sharply in the first three months of this year but wage pressures eased as well, providing evidence that inflation is being restrained.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in December as oil import prices had the biggest decline in nearly 14 years, while first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than 4 years.
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The number of US call centers is expected to decline through 2008, with Canada getting many of the jobs the US will lose, a research firm said Friday.
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2003-2004 have been pretty dismal in terms of new talent.
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An IEEE-USA survey of IT professionals reported a 1.5% decrease in median income from 2002 to 2003, the first drop since the organization began surveying members in 1972.
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U.S. factory activity shrank in November for the first time in 3-1/2 years as new orders, production and employment fell and prices paid rose, according to a survey published on Friday.
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Growth in U.S. factory activity slowed more than expected in September to its lowest since May, 2005, with dips in measurements of employment and prices paid, according to a survey published on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- The productivity of American workers slowed sharply in the first three months of this year but wage pressures eased as well, providing evidence that inflation is being restrained.
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It was the fourth consecutive year of double-digit increases in health insurance premiums, which has resulted in a decline in the number of insured workers.
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WASHINGTON - Employers' payrolls grew by just 96,000 in September in a weaker-than-expected government report Friday that provided a final snapshot before Election Day of a lackluster jobs market.    The Labor Department report means President Bush will face the electorate with 821,000 fewer jobs in the country than when he took office, though 1.78 million jobs have been added in the past year...
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NEW YORK, October 21  - The US leading economic indicators declined for the fourth consecutive month in September this year indicating sluggish economic growth going into 2005.
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in  December as oil import prices had the biggest decline in nearly  14 years, while first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to  the lowest level in more than 4 years.
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Far more veteran air traffic controllers than the government expected have retired since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day 2006, new data shows.
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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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The US economy created less jobs than expected in December,  but created more jobs in 2004 than any time since 1999.