Labor
Latest Stories
amazon_warehouse_job_fair_57449.jpg
Job candidates fill out applications in the recruitment office at the Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, N.J., during a job fair, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Amazon plans to make thousands of job offers on the spot at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
smallbiz-small_talk-do-it-yourself_hr_39944.jpg
In a July 27, 2017, photo, Becky Robinson poses for a picture in her marketing company office in Lambertville, Mich. As small businesses keep hiring, many owners discover that being a do-it-yourself human resources manager is the wrong job for them. Robinson handled payroll, hiring and other HR needs when she started her marketing company, Weaving Influence, five years ago. But during periods when she focused on HR, the company's revenue took a dip. She realized she needed to keep her focus and turn those tasks over to a director of operations and an HR consultant. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
smallbiz-small_talk-do-it-yourself_hr_73802.jpg
In a July 27, 2017, photo, Becky Robinson works at her marketing company office in Lambertville, Mich. As small businesses keep hiring, many owners discover that being a do-it-yourself human resources manager is the wrong job for them. Robinson handled payroll, hiring and other HR needs when she started her marketing company, Weaving Influence, five years ago. But during periods when she focused on HR, the company's revenue took a dip. She realized she needed to keep her focus and turn those tasks over to a director of operations and an HR consultant. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
smallbiz-small_talk-do-it-yourself_hr_80099.jpg
In a July 27, 2017, photo, Becky Robinson poses for a picture in her marketing company office in Lambertville, Mich. As small businesses keep hiring, many owners discover that being a do-it-yourself human resources manager is the wrong job for them. Robinson handled payroll, hiring and other HR needs when she started her marketing company, Weaving Influence, five years ago. But during periods when she focused on HR, the company's revenue took a dip. She realized she needed to keep her focus and turn those tasks over to a director of operations and an HR consultant. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
amazon_warehouse_job_fair_34348.jpg
In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, photo, employees work at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J. Amazon is holding a giant job fair Wednesday, Aug. 2, and plans to make thousands of job offers on the spot at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
nissan-union_92666.jpg
UAW members set up an informational line outside an employee entrance at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Most shifts arriving and leaving met union members armed with posters, flyers and singing union chants at each of the plant's employee entrances, reminding workers to vote for the union. The UAW has a vote scheduled Aug. 3-4, on whether it should represent the 3,700 full time company employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
nissan_union_08331.jpg
United Auto Workers members set up an informational line outside this employee entrance at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Most shifts arriving and leaving were met with posters, flyers and union chants at each of the plant's employee entrances. The UAW has a vote scheduled Aug. 3-4, on whether it should represent the 3,700 full time company employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
nissan-union_11206.jpg
A UAW member holds up a flyer to be given to Nissan workers as they leave through the employee entrance at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Union members met most shifts arriving and leaving waving posters, flyers and singing union chants at each of the plant's employee entrances. The UAW has a vote scheduled Aug. 3-4, on whether it should represent the 3,700 full time company employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
nissan-union_96617.jpg
Actor and human rights activist Danny Glover, addresses UAW members and Nissan employees at the UAW Canton, Miss., headquarters during a workers' rally, near the Nissan vehicle assembly plant, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Glover participated in the small rally to maintain workers' morale, while UAW workers set up an informational line outside employee entrances at the Nissan plant. The UAW has a vote scheduled Aug. 3-4, on whether it should represent the 3,700 full time company workers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
nissan-union_33325.jpg
Actor and human rights activist Danny Glover, applauds with UAW members and Nissan employees at the UAW Canton, Miss., headquarters during a workers' rally, near the Nissan vehicle assembly plant, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Glover participated in the small rally to maintain workers' morale, while UAW workers set up an informational line outside employee entrances at the Nissan plant. The UAW has a vote scheduled Aug. 3-4, on whether it should represent the 3,700 full time company workers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
8_1_2017_b4-estopinan8201.jpg
Illustration on IPAB and its implications for health care by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
puerto_rico_medical_marijuana_98087.jpg
In this July 24, 2017 photo, David Quinones, operations director of Natural Ventures shows a pack of processed marijuana in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 U.S. states, but legislators in the largely conservative island of Puerto Rico had been reluctant to embrace an industry that the island’s treasury secretary says could generate up to $100 million a year in part through a sales and use tax, as well as help ease an unemployment rate that has hovered around 12 percent, the highest compared with any U.S. state. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
puerto_rico_medical_marijuana_13432.jpg
In this July 24, 2017 photo, Marijuana plants bloom at a laboratory in Natural Ventures in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 U.S. states, but legislators in the largely conservative island of Puerto Rico had been reluctant to embrace an industry that the island’s treasury secretary says could generate up to $100 million a year in part through a sales and use tax, as well as help ease an unemployment rate that has hovered around 12 percent, the highest compared with any U.S. state. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
puerto_rico_medical_marijuana_88622.jpg
In this July 24, 2017 photo, Noel Sola, a cultivation worker at Natural Ventures carries marijuana plants in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 U.S. states, but legislators in the largely conservative island of Puerto Rico had been reluctant to embrace an industry that the island’s treasury secretary says could generate up to $100 million a year in part through a sales and use tax, as well as help ease an unemployment rate that has hovered around 12 percent, the highest compared with any U.S. state. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Earns-Under_Armour_01098.jpg-d0836.jpg
This Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, file photo, shows a pair of Under Armour SpeedForm Gemini 2 Record Equipped running shoes, containing an embedded chip to track exercise, on display, in New York. On Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, Under Armour announced it is cutting approximately 280 jobs from its global workforce and lowering its full-year revenue outlook, overshadowing a second-quarter performance that topped most expectations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
nissan-union_61584.jpg
Nissan auto worker Ernest Whitfield sports a pro-UAW union hat during a Jackson, Miss., news conference, Monday, July 31, 2017, where local officials and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., expressed their support for a company intimidation free union vote at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss. The UAW has a vote scheduled Aug. 3-4, on whether it should represent some 3,700 workers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
kansas_prison-disturbance_51205.jpg
FILE - This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. There has been another inmate disturbance at the troubled Kansas prison, a senior union official said, in at least the fourth incident at the facility over the last three months. Robert Choromanski, executive director of the Kansas Organization of State Employees, told The Associated Press late Friday, July 28, 2017, that a Special Security Team was called to the prison earlier in the evening after 30 inmates refused to stand down. He said the information came from a prison employee who was monitoring emergency communications. No other details were immediately available. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
neshoba_county_fair_78712.jpg
Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant shows off a gold shovel he was awarded for the state's economic progress as he leaves the stage at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 27, 2017. Bryant says employees at the Nissan Motor Co. plant in Mississippi should reject unionization. Workers at the manufacturing plant in Canton will vote Aug. 3 and 4 on whether to affiliate with the United Auto Workers. The union is trying to win its first vote at an entire plant in the South. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
pregnant_workers_76098.jpg
Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker, left, shakes hands with Alejandra Duarte after the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was signed into law at the Statehouse, Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Boston. Duarte testified before the legislature during April that she was forced to work longer hours with an increased workload after disclosing to her former employer that she was pregnant and wanted a lighter workload, while working at a Worcester laundry. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
