Utah repeals labor law considered one of the most restrictive in the US
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban passed earlier this year that prevented…
Louvre workers plan to strike over work conditions after Crown Jewels heist
PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a…
Washington’s struggling economy takes another hit from the shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the combination of the longest government shutdown, the mass firings of government workers and…
Federal workers face hurdles in unemployment claims amid government shutdown
For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to…
Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a tough time for the job market. Amid wider economic uncertainty, some analysts…
Judge indefinitely blocks firings of government workers during shutdown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from…
Judge halts layoffs by Trump administration during government shutdown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown,…
31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses strike for better wages and staffing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went…
Shutdown layoffs would reduce Education Department’s workforce by a fifth
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was…
Federal health workers targeted in weekend firings
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness…
Who is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 basketball poll?
Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time.…
Transportation secretary warns air traffic controllers to keep showing up to work or risk firing
Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead…