March 28, 2017 Automation of port terminals threatens thousands of lucrative dock worker jobs The push over the last decade by ports across the globe to fully automate operations has sparked the ire of many longshoremen in the United States whose jobs and way of life are at stake.
March 23, 2017 Why a lack of education raises death risk for some Americans Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found.
March 21, 2017 Black youth overlooked by economic boom The strong economic and labor market indicators overlook at least one demographic that is still struggling: black youth.
March 16, 2017 With Trump in office, coal mining town begins making comeback Hazard, Kentucky is one of those small coal-mining towns with one main road snaking through the hollow.
March 10, 2017 Number of Americans in labor force hits record high The number of Americans either working or looking for work in the past month hit a record high of 160,056,000, the first time this number surpassed the 160,000,000 mark, according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last month, there were 159,716,000 Americans in the labor force.
March 10, 2017 Chick-fil-A vice president: How to find your first job (the career advice I give my own kids) Years ago, before my children were old enough to work, I began a private file of lessons I wanted to be sure to share with them when they began to consider their first job.
March 10, 2017 Restaurants are adding labor surcharges to help offset minimum wage increases Restaurant diners are footing the bill for rising minimum wages.
March 9, 2017 Electronics store RadioShack files for bankruptcy for second time in 2 years Troubled electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in just over two years.
March 8, 2017 Trump lauds 298K jobs added in February, but economists are cautious President Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that January and February were the “strongest consecutive months for hiring” since mid-2015, citing a LinkedIn Workforce Report.
March 1, 2017 Pepsi to lay off 80 to 100 workers, citing Philadelphia tax Pepsi says slumping sales from Philadelphia's new sweetened-beverage tax are prompting layoffs of 80 to 100 workers at three distribution plants that serve the city.