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American Airlines said it paid employees an average of $150 each — a total cost of $10.6 million — for helping the company meet customer-service goals in the third quarter.
A South Carolina poultry plant raided by immigration agents last year has agreed to change its hiring practices to avoid federal charges of knowingly employing illegal immigrants, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Union workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Canadian division have backed a cost-cutting agreement that the Canadian Auto Workers reached with the automaker last week.
As Oklahoma state agencies continue to grapple with budget cuts amid plunging state revenues, about a dozen Pardon and Parole Board employees picketed in front of the Capitol on Monday, their third furlough day in as many months.
New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu by the end of November or risk losing their jobs, saying in a decision issued Thursday that they did so because the vaccine is in short supply.
The union representing most of New Hampshire's state workers is suing to regain the right for senior laid-off workers to "bump" junior colleagues out of their jobs.
A week after 250 New Hampshire workers got layoff notices, the state and union representing the workers are considering resuming talks over ways to cut costs — though the two sides are far apart over whether the layoffs could be reversed.
A Florida judge has said a $97 million judgment against U.S. food giant Dole and Dow Chemical Co. cannot be enforced because the Nicaraguan court that issued it neither had jurisdiction nor met international legal standards.
Dole Foods is withdrawing a defamation lawsuit against a Swedish filmmaker after complaints in Sweden that it was trying to limit free speech, the company said Thursday.
Workers for Britain's Royal Mail approved a nationwide strike Thursday after months of rolling regional strikes over pay and job security that have caused a massive backlog of undelivered letters and packages.
Thousands of Romanian workers from all over the country protested low wages in the capital on Wednesday, rallying outside government headquarters to demand leaders do something to increase their pay.
In the midst of a recession that has cost millions of Americans their jobs, a massive military construction project on the U.S. territory of Guam is provoking a unique debate that boils down to this deceptively simple question: Should the government be more concerned about creating jobs or minding the taxpayers’ money?
Joe Griego's life changed in seconds when he turned his back on a bull he was trying to corral during work at a southern New Mexico dairy. The bull attacked, leaving Griego with serious injuries.
Workers at a struggling heater factory in northwest France are taking it all off in a bid to save their jobs: They posed nude for a calendar to call attention to their plight.
Hundreds of thousands of laid-off American workers are undergoing federally subsidized retraining in hopes of landing a job in a new field. For some, it feels like an exercise in futility. Msnbc.com's Mike Brunker reports.
A judge has set bond at $10 million for the former CEO of a Chicago factory where workers staged a high-profile sit-in last year.
For federal contractors, it's time to start checking whether employees are able to legally work in the United States.
Tens of thousands of health care workers who typically avoid flu shots are under more pressure than ever to get vaccinated as hospitals and clinics prepare for a spike in swine flu cases this fall and winter.
The number of “discouraged workers” — individuals who have given up the job search — have reached an all-time high. But putting your job search on hold will only delay success.
The Labor Department is trying again to roll back Bush administration regulations that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign farm workers.
Older Americans will make up virtually all of the growth in the U.S. work force in the coming years as a nearly unprecedented number hold onto jobs and younger people decide to stay in school.
In a nation where less than half of health care workers get annual flu shots, experts say those who refuse to be immunized against the H1N1 virus could endanger patients and stress an overwhelmed medical system.
Aid groups were joining together Wednesday to highlight the growing danger their staff members face in crisis zones around the world, where kidnappings and killings of humanitarian workers are on the rise.
The judge who ruled there was massive fraud in a lawsuit against Dole Foods will return from her new appellate court assignment to preside over further proceedings in the contentious litigation.
There’s growing optimism about signs of life in the economy as the pace of job losses slows. But this recovery – when it comes – won’t feel like any in memory. By John W Schoen.
Democrats want homeowners and workers to get money from TARPCongressional Democrats want struggling workers and homeowners to receive money from the $700 billion Wall Street bailout. That conflicts with the Obama administration's idea of dedicating some of the money toward reducing the deficit.
Black & Decker to merge with Stanley - goodbye another 10,000 jobs"It's a match made in heaven," Stanley flack Tim Perra told reporters.
True US unemployment rate stands at 17.5%"If statistics went back so far, the measure would almost certainly be at its highest level since the Great Depression," reporter David Leonhardt wrote in Friday's edition of The New York Times.
Topic : Auditor General's report - thestar.comAuditor General Sheila Fraser, an Officer of Parliament, audits federal government departments, agencies and most Crown corporations and makes regular reports to the House of Commons.
Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu PandemicPublic health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness.
Without prior evidence of discrimination,6 the establishment of a voluntary affirmative action program is a risk employers should be hesitant to take. Management is urged to consult legal counsel before undertaking any such programs.
After years of hostility to immigrants, the AFL-CIO has flipped and now embraces immigrant workers as a potentially huge source of new members.
Today, the work world is changing. Employees come from increasingly diverse backgrounds. The booming economy of the last several years has emboldened workers in their dealings with employers. Now, as the economy slows, employees are developing new attitudes about their work.
In addition to promising greater job security and economic benefits through unionism, the union will claim it will be an effective voice in advocating the employee's point of view.
Recent statistics show that union workers earn 25 percent more than non-union workers.
A closer look at union membership reveals that in 2001, men were more likely to be unionized (15.1 percent) than women (11.7 percent).
As we have reported numerous times, President Obama continues to work diligently to reform the composition of the National Labor Relations Board by nominating as many pro-labor advocates as the law allows.
There seem to be a number of people, here at Newsvine and elsewhere, you are hardwired to the belief that all is on the up and up with American business, that employers are benevolent masters who are merely looking out for the interests of the company as well as the welfare of th …
California Government, State Workers Clash Over Columbus Day IssueSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Some state workers said they expect to see a partial shutdown of the California Department of Motor Vehicles and other state offices on Monday, but that all depends on how many union members decide to treat it as a paid holiday.
Bing threatens to scrap city workers' contractsDetroit Mayor Dave Bing said he will terminate all city worker contracts and impose concessions, including a 10% pay reduction, if unions do not agree to new contracts within the next 30 days.
Structural unemployment crisis stalking US economy-WASHINGTON: Millions of American job-hunters risk permanent unemployment as industries undergo radical change and some skills become irrelevant in the wake of the worst U.S. economic recession in 70 years.
The Recovery: Can You Feel It Yet?While tens of millions of workers are facing unemployment or underemployment, and millions are facing the prospect of losing their homes, the instinct among the Washington punditry is to just sit back and wait.
Lawmakers vow changes after learning of laxness, loopholes in checking child and elder care workersFlorida legislators pledged to overhaul state law to require that caregivers for children and the elderly undergo background checks before they begin work and to close loopholes that have let thousands of felons get jobs in day care and nursing homes.
Some workers must be alert 24/7, but don't get paid for itWhen Wayne HalLer started working in the heating and air conditioning field 25 years ago, he knew he might have to work odd hours from time to time. Emergencies, after all, can happen at the strangest times.
Why I Never Get Flu ShotsDo you want any of the following typical vaccine constituents injected into YOUR bloodstream?
Coleman Federal Correctional Complex has most sex misconduct in U.S. -- OrlandoSentinel.comThe federal prison in Sumter County leads the nation in reports of sexual misconduct — including rapes and affairs — between federal prisoners and workers, according to a U.S. Justice Department study.
Kansas Gov. Parkinson Refuses to Provide Financial & Email Records between SEIUThis is troubling news, relating to the SEIU labor union, and the proposed health care reforms. TRANSPARENCY is something that we should be striving for, aside from how we feel about these other issues.
Lawn Crew Saves 84-Year-Old Woman's LifeBOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- A group of lawn maintenance workers helped save the life of an 84-year-old woman trapped beneath her car.
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