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On Thursday, more than 300 strikes and protests are expected to take place across the United States in support of a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union rights for workers.
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A deeper look into Verizon's pension plan shows that the key issue is probably a combination of Obamacare and retiring baby boomers.
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Investors should wonder if Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen tipped her hand that the markets might need to brace for a weak or soft payrolls report on Friday.
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Boeing faces stiffer competition on price from rival Airbus, and the company has said it needs to cut costs by billions of dollars by the end of 2016.
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Aging populations have become part of the anxiety in many countries, which have to decide how they will support their old people and replace them in the workforce.
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ThinkstockAs unemployment dropped to 4.9% in February, three states had unemployment rates of under 3%. They were New Hampshire at 2.7%, South Dakota at 2.7%, and North Dakota at 2.9%. Many...
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The unemployment level in the United States in February was less than 5%. Alaska and five other states lagged well behind that.
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The publisher of The Wall Street Journal paid its female employees less than 87% of the pay of men who held the same jobs last year, according to a report by the Independent Association of...
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The E. coli and norovirus outbreaks at Chipotle Mexican Grill have been all over the business news pages in recent months. Less well-known are the company's troubles with unhappy workers and...
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A new study released Thursday by the National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative think tank based in Dallas, questions the push for a minimum $15 an hour wage for all retail workers.
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The unemployment rate in the United States 4.8% in December. Five cities had unemployment rates much higher than, each well above 11%.
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According to a 24/7 Wall St. analysis of the largest employer in each state, Wal-Mart is at the top of the list in 19 states.
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Fast-food workers in Miami walked off their jobs Thursday, just hours before the Republican candidates' debate Thursday evening.
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TrimTabs estimated that the United States added 55,000 to 85,000 jobs in February, the lowest level since July of 2013.
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ADP said that total private sector employment rose by 214,000 in February. That was handily higher than the consensus estimate from Bloomberg.
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