labor

MONTEVIDEO -- Workers at Luther Haven have ratified a new three-year labor contract that averts a possible strike at the skilled nursing facility in Montevideo. Workers approved the agreement in...

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton this morning ordered an election to allow child care providers to vote whether they want a union representing them. Republicans immediately said they will...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's going to travel the country telling lawmakers to do their jobs and vote in favor of his economic proposals, and he says...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin judge today did what thousands of pro-union protesters and boycotting Democratic lawmakers couldn't, forcing Republican Gov.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are opening slightly lower after the government reported a decline in new weekly unemployment claims that was smaller than economists expected. The Labor Department said...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and companies may be stepping up hiring. The Labor Department said today that...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order today blocking the state's new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect, raising the possibility that the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A request by NFL players to keep the league and its teams from locking them out will be heard by a federal judge on April 6 --...

Rhetoric rose while the clock ticked down in the NFL's labor talks Thursday, with the league and players' union trading barbs a day before the twice-extended collective bargaining agreement expires...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin lawmakers voted tpdau to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state's public workers, ending a heated standoff over labor rights and delivering a...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week. But the rise comes after applications hit their lowest level in nearly three years, and economists expect...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker warned today that state employees could start receiving layoff notices as early as next week if a bill eliminating most collective bargaining...