Unions and Labor

5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (185+ words) Four people, including three children, were killed and others injured in an Oregon elementary school shooting. The shooter is dead. DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.2% in September for the fifth consecutive month, up from 3.1% a…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (260+ words) ASH FLAT, Ark. (KAIT) - Employers are coming to Ash Flat Friday looking for local residents to fill open jobs. Ozarka College’s Ash Flat campus is hosting a career fair with NEA Local Launch and Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority in…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (694+ words) The American Federation of Government Employees is pushing back, arguing that the ruling does not give VA permission to re-terminate the agreement. The Department of Veterans Affairs is once again pushing forward with sunsetting its collective bargaining agreement with the…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (265+ words) U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched up last week as layoffs remain historically low and most American workers enjoy job security. The Labor Department said Thursday that initial jobless claims for the week ending October 10 ticked up by 1,000 to 199,000 from the…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (423+ words) Chicken Tramper employees hard at work in the Hancock shop KEWEENAW PENINSULA, Mich. - Across Michigan, companies and manufacturers need workers. And the requirements to gain a job have also evolved. Especially with advances in how technology has been integrated in…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (81+ words) (ABC 6 News) — Monthly job numbers from Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development came out Wednesday. Figures from Sept. show that unemployment rose slightly to 4.5%, up 0.1% from August. The data shows Minnesota lost 4,600 jobs in September. Leading the losses is…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago   (309+ words) WASHINGTON – U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched up last week as layoffs remain historically low and most American workers enjoy job security. Initial jobless claims for the week ending October 10 ticked up by 1,000 to 199,000 from the week before, the Labor…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago   (499+ words) Published 15 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTCUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTC Seoul Metro union declared a labor dispute and warned of a strike if talks stall. It demands a 3.5% wage rise and withdrawal of the 2,212-job reduction plan. 11 outlets told this the same way. Outlets did…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (103+ words) CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - New data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation shows the unemployment rate in Nevada continues to decline weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 General Election. Their numbers show the unemployment rate in Nevada was…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (195+ words) Nevada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate last month was 4.7%, down 0.1 percentage points from August, per the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR). The seasonally adjusted total number of nonfarm jobs to 1.62 million. That's an increase of 1.6% over the past…...