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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing discusses the city's financial woes on Wednesday. Mr. Bing urged municipal unions to accept wage cuts and Michigan leaders to pay the city millions stemming from a decade-old tax agreement, saying Detroit needs the money to avoid a takeover. (Associated Press)
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"We could use that. There are low wages, but I live in Southeast and sometimes you have to start at the bottom and work to the top. And it will offer jobs." Tony Britt, 45, Southeast, unemployed for two weeks
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"I do know it's important to people to have fresh produce at reasonable prices, but it's not enough to have workers that need health benefits. I'm hoping the D.C. government is willing to work to get Wal-mart to do the right thing." Andrea Walling, 67, Arlington, retired
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Tonya Crenshaw, left, and Kendrick Haraalson fill out applications at a job fair Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, in Brookpark, Ohio. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits dipped slightly last week, though not by enough to suggest that hiring is picking up. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Work continues on a sky-light roof for the entrance to the Wiehle Avenue Metrorail Station in Reston, the end of the line for Phase 1 of the Silver Line extension to Washington Dulles International Airport. A pact between the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and Virginia for Phase 2 allows nonunion workers to be hired for the project. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Anthony Hardwick, a part-time worker at a Target store in Nebraska, is petitioning against a planned midnight Black Friday opening of Target stores. (Associated Press)
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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton addresses a crowd of iron workers and painters regarding the American Jobs Act under the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge in Southeast Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks about security in the post-9/11 America in the Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. on Oct. 11, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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**FILE** An employee works May 31, 2009, at the Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. (Associated Press)
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National Basketball Association Players Association president Derek Fisher, center, speaks alongside Maurice Evans, left, and Billy Hunter, right, during a news conference after a marathon meeting with owners, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in New York. Although no agreements have been reached, the two sides will meet again Thursday at noon in an effort to save what remains of the season after a protracted labor dispute engulfed the league. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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An Opportunity Expo held Thursday in Miami by RecruitMilitary attracts lines of veterans seeking jobs and educational and business-ownership opportunities. The Senate on Thursday passed a bill promoting hiring veterans. (Associated Press)
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Workers are putting the final touches on the Maryland Intercounty Connector (ICC) extension into Prince George's County. The next 10.4 mile section of the roadway is slated to open Nov. 22. Officials hope the project will give thousands more motorists better access to their jobs and other destinations. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Union executive director Billy Hunter received two proposals Sunday regarding the split of basketball-related income, but neither was deemed acceptable. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: Workers by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times
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Marchyco Harrell (right), a teacher in the Lorain (Ohio) City Schools, and Verlene DeWitt, a teacher in the Westlake (Ohio) City Schools, listen to speakers at a rally co-sponsored by the Cleveland Teachers Union and We Are Ohio in Cleveland on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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President Obama met with veterans Monday at the White House and spoke about how tax credits for businesses that hire veterans would encourage them to hire some of the 850,000 out of work. "If you can oversee a convoy or millions of dollars of assets in Iraq, you can help a business back home manage their supply chain or balance their books," he said. (Associated Press)
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In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Derek Fisher, center, president of the NBA players union, is joined by union executive director Billy Hunter, right, and NBA players during a news conference in Las Vegas. With progress stalled since talks broke off over the revenue split, the union's executive committee is to meet in New York. Union President Fisher and executive director Hunter sent separate letters to members this week denying reports about a rift. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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Job seekers attend the Minneapolis Career Fair in Bloomington, Minn., on Nov. 2, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Health Care for America Now and 11 other progressive groups hope to disrupt Americans for Prosperity's "Defending the American Dream Summit" with "Occupy the Kochs' Guerrilla Drive-In" - an outdoor film festival staged just outside the event. (Health Care for America Now)
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Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown wants to give top-rated teachers a $10,000 bonus and other incentives to work in low-performing schools. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
