Tag: labor
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens...
Number of Americans filing for jobless benefits falls as labor market remains sturdy
Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market remains sturdy ahead of an expected purge of federal government employees.The...
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen resigns following probe of personal conduct
Last Updated: March 3, 2025 at 11:34 a.m. ETFirst Published: March 3, 2025 at 7:08 a.m. ETKroger Co.’s stock slid 1.5% Monday after the company...
Stock investors had better hope these Americans keep propping up the economy
Published: March 3, 2025 at 8:15 a.m. ETU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently declared that the Trump administration was mainly focused on lowering the...
US consumers cut spending in January more drastically than at any point in the last four years
WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumers cut back sharply on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs...
Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe
GUISSONA, Spain -- Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company...