Tag: Jobs

NC jobless rate dips to 6.7 percent in September

NC jobless rate dips to 6.7 percent in September

Emery Dalesio · October 21, 2014 5:13 pm

State jobless rate fell to 4.7 percent last month

State jobless rate fell to 4.7 percent last month

Washington Examiner · October 21, 2014 4:59 pm

Unemployment rates fall in 31 US states last month

Christopher Rugaber · October 21, 2014 4:55 pm

More have jobs in La., but jobless rate rises

More have jobs in La., but jobless rate rises

Jeff Amy · October 21, 2014 4:50 pm

Miss. payrolls rise and unemployment rate falls

Miss. payrolls rise and unemployment rate falls

Jeff Amy · October 21, 2014 3:01 pm

SC jobless rate up to 6.6 percent in September

SC jobless rate up to 6.6 percent in September

Meg Kinnard · October 21, 2014 2:48 pm

FILE - In this June 4, 2014, file photo Labor Secretary Thomas Perez speaks in Washington. Perez sought Monday, Oct. 20 to re-energize President Barack Obama's stalled push for raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour and for making paid leave for mothers of newborns more widely available. Speaking at the National Press Club, Perez also suggested that many U.S. workers have failed to benefit from the nation's economic recovery. (AP Photo/Connor Radnovich, File)

Labor Secretary Perez pushes Obama jobs proposals

Tom Raum · October 20, 2014 10:26 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2014 file photo, Freddy Jerez, of Hollywood, Fla., fills out a job application during a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. A quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics released Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 found that only 24 percent of companies increased wages and salaries in the July-September quarter. That's down from 43 percent in the April-June quarter and the first drop after three straight increases. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Survey: Pay raises rarer despite strong US hiring

Christopher Rugaber · October 20, 2014 1:38 pm

A coal-burning energy plant is seen in an aerial view in the early morning hours of July 30, 2013 near Bismarck, N.D. (Andrew Burton/Getty images)

Green space in the heart of the energy boom?

Zack Colman · October 20, 2014 9:00 am

Black Caucus pushes for more minority contracts

Black Caucus pushes for more minority contracts

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2014 3:01 pm

Alaska jobless rate unchanged from August

Alaska jobless rate unchanged from August

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2014 9:35 am

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Zogby Report Card: An Ebola mutiny on Obama’s ship

Paul Bedard · October 18, 2014 9:00 am