Labor
Latest Stories
white privilege survey.jpg
The Cherry Creek School District in Colorado is defending a survey given to staff during diversity training sessions that asks employees to identify their white privilege. (Denver 7 News)
ri-guatemala_city-providence.jpeg
Guatemala City Mayor Alvaro Arzu, left, and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza talk after signing a sister city agreement on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, at Providence City Hall in Providence, RI. Arzu was Guatemala's president from 1996 through 2000. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)
small_town_hunger.jpeg
In this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Aurora Marte, of Storm Lake, Iowa, loads food into her car during a drive-by pantry sponsored by the Storm Lake school district, in Storm Lake, Iowa. Storm Lake has a low unemployment rate, vibrant downtown and tree-lined neighborhoods, but it’s also facing a surge in hunger that’s familiar to rural communities across the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
tec-facebook-workplace.jpeg
This image provided by Facebook shows a demonstration of Facebook's Workplace on a desktop. Facebook is launching a communications tool Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, for businesses, nonprofits and other organizations. Called Workplace, the platform is ad-free and isn’t connected to existing Facebook accounts. Instead, employers sign up as an organization. Businesses have to pay, but Facebook is offering it to schools and nonprofits for free. (Facebook via AP)
illinois_unemployment_overpayments.jpeg
In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo, an Illinois Department of Employment Security banner hangs in their office in Springfield, Ill. An Associated Press analysis of federal statistics shows Illinois is the nation’s worst in reclaiming hundreds of millions of dollars in overpaid unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
dcps-kids-lunch-tray.jpg
dcps.dc.gov
aptopix_campaign_2016_kaine.jpeg
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks at a campaign event at the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 19 Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
boston_transit_money_room.jpeg
Members of the MBTA's Carmen's Union are arrested as they attempted to prevent workers and armored cars from entering the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's so-called "money room " during a protest on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in the Charlestown facility in Boston. The MBTA plans to recommend to its fiscal control board on Thursday that Virginia-based Brink's be awarded a five-year, $18.7 million contract to oversee the Charlestown facility. (Mark Garfinkel/The Boston Herald via AP)
campaign_2016_trump_jobs_kickback_claims.jpeg
In this March 16, 2016, file photo, Trump Tower is seen in New York. Trump once hired a man convicted of trying to break a triple murderer out of prison to oversee residential operations inside Trump Tower. The man was later accused by former workers of perpetuating a cash-for-jobs scheme. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
105_2016_luke8201.jpg
Employees were decked out in Luke's everyday uniform: flannel, a backwards baseball cap and an apron. (Julia Porterfield/The Washington Times)
smallbiz-small_talk-sick_leave.jpeg
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, photo, Olivia Colt, owner of catering company Salt & Honey, center, poses for photos as members of her cooking staff work in the kitchen in Berkeley, Calif. The campaign to give workers time off when they’re sick is picking up momentum. Before California enacted its law, Colt had given paid leave to her salaried managers as a way to retain employees in an industry with high turnover. Now, hourly employees get sick leave as well, accruing one hour for each 30 hours they work. Colt sees several benefits: She has less staff turnover, and her 20 workers take better care of their health. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
103_2016_gop-2016-cpac-pence8201.jpg
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "is the most conservative vice presidential nominee" in 50 years, according to the American Conservative Union. (Associated Press)
BillClinton.jpg
"You've got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half," Bill Clinton said. "It's the craziest thing in the world." (Associated Press)
102_2016_pat-in-iraq8201.jpg
Field office: Patrick Hanley retired on disability after being wounded in Iraq, only to face co-worker discrimination when he entered the federal workforce.
insider_q_a-soaring_drug_prices.jpeg
This undated photo provided by Express Scripts shows Dr. Steve Miller, the chief medical officer of Express Scripts. Express Scripts runs prescription plans for employers and insurers that cover around 85 million people. It buys enough drugs to fill more than 1 billion prescriptions a year. (Barlow Productions/Express Scripts via AP)
pennsylvania_election_treasurer.jpeg
Otto Voit, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania state treasurer, talks to a reporter and the editorial board of the Reading Eagle newspaper on Sept. 21, 2016, in Reading, Pa. In the Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, general election, Pennsylvania voters will choose between Republican Otto Voit and Democrat Joe Torsella to serve a four-year term as state treasurer, an official who oversees the state Treasury Department, sits on boards of Pennsylvania’s two large public employee pension agencies and has a say in the state’s bond issues. (Bill Uhrich/Reading Eagle via AP)
Pueblo Regional Center.jpg
Employees fired for alleged abuse of disabled residents at Pueblo Regional Center blamed "paranormal activity" for the patients' injuries, according to a federal report. (KKTV)
yosemite_superintendent_retiring.jpeg
FILE - In this July 28, 2014 file photo, Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher talks about the fire situation in El Portal, Calif. Neubacher is retiring after employees complained that he created a hostile workplace by allowing bullying, harassment and other misconduct, allegations also raised in other popular national parks, officials said Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. (Mark Crosse /The Fresno Bee via AP, File)
chicago_schools_news_guide.jpeg
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2012 file photo, parents of Chicago public school students, Carmen Brownlee, left, and, Latonya Williams, right, join striking CPS teachers on the picket line outside a School in Chicago. Teachers in the country's third-largest city have cranked up the heat in contract talks, threatening to go on strike in less than two weeks. The Chicago Teachers Union and school district officials are clashing over cost-of-living raises, pension contributions and health care costs in negotiations that have stretched into a second year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
