Blue Jackets Get Boost In Helping Ex-Offenders
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $17.2 million in funds for 18 organizations that help former offenders build their job skills.Full story
Jobless claims post second rise in 3 weeks
More people sought unemployment benefits last week, the second rise in three weeks, a sign the job market's recovery is slow and uneven. Full story
Texas company to pay $1.7M to Iowa workers
A federal judge ordered a Texas-based company accused of abusing and underpaying several mentally disabled men at a turkey plant in Iowa to pay $1.76 million to the former workers, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. Full story
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Maine governor removes labor history mural
Rachel Maddow reports on the removal of a mural depicting the history of the labor movement from Maine's Department of Labor at the request of Maine Governor LePage who felt the mural was insufficiently pro-business.
Maine governor takes war on workers all the way to wall art
Maine Governor Paul LePage is so passionate about his agenda for rolling back workers' rights in his state that he's even dismantling a mural commissioned by the state for the Department of Labor depicting scenes from the U.S. labor movement.
The Real Issue With Jobs
The Department of Labor announced there were 3.1 million job openings in the US last month, but there are still about 14 million unemployed Americans. Linda Barrington, managing director of the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell University, ...
Over 15 million Americans unemployed
Friday’s Labor Department numbers show the unemployment rate is back up to 9.8 percent, with nearly one out of five Americans out of work. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis discusses.
Bartiromo: Expect ‘flat’ jobs growth
CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo tells msnbc’s Willie Geist what to expect from the U.S. Labor Department’s unemployment reports and how the results may impact the economy.
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