RTD lifts D Line slow zone speed restrictions but riders on A, H and R lines next week face delays
Regional Transportation District officials on Friday announced the end of slow zone speed restrictions for northbound D Line light rail trains and the shortening of a slow zone along the E and H lines ...
Richmond7d
Schapiro: Laboring under a misconception?
With public employee unions growing here - once unthinkable in a labor-hostile Virginia - state troopers are setting up a figurative picket line against the idea.
Healthline16d
Can You Use a Breast Pump to Induce Labor?
Using a breast pump may help start labor contractions for some full-term pregnant women or for those past their due dates. The theory is that nipple stimulation from the breast pump increases the ...
Reuters23d
US weekly jobless claims increase; labor market conditions still healthy
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 for the week ended Jan. 11, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...
The Hollywood Reporter24d
Tony Slattery, British Actor, Comedian and ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Regular, Dies at 65
By Lily Ford Tony Slattery, star of Channel 4‘s Whose Line Is It Anyway? and a contemporary of Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, has died. He was 65. In a statement given to the BBC on ...
The New York Times25d
Biden Administration Adds 37 Chinese Companies to Forced Labor List
The Biden administration said on Tuesday that it would block imports from more than three dozen Chinese companies, citing their alleged ties to forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.
The Hill25d
The deceptive politics of Trump’s Labor secretary nomination
Given the Republican Party’s track record on worker and union issues, and President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-union first term, it is reasonable to reject the narrative that his party’s ...
Crikey25d
Labor can go out on its managerialist knees or embrace boldness
Although as William Bowe has pointed out, this was down to an unusual preference allocation, with Labor’s primary vote actually having lifted. Bowe’s BludgerTrack poll aggregator — the only ...
Harvard Business Review26d
How Labor-Management Partnerships Can Deliver Outsized Results
Drawing from the documented improved outcomes and proven best practices from a labor-management partnership created at Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medical Center, organizations can create effective ...
Perth Now26d
Liberals promise $37.5m for new Kensington basketball courts, beating Labor’s $2m pledge
The Liberal party is aiming for an election slam-dunk, promising to put $37.5 million towards new basketball courts in Kensington, beating Labor’s $2 million pledge. A major shortage of indoor ...
Politico28d
Trump’s role in port unrest raises bigger questions about his labor policies
Biden installed labor-friendly appointees in key positions and walked a picket line during the UAW’s 2023 strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers. Trump came out swinging against the ...
Forbes28d
Biden's Final Labor Numbers: Lowest Unemployment Since Clinton—Marred By Inflation
Friday’s jobs report was the 48th and final monthly employment update of President Joe Biden’s presidential term, a tenure featuring significant improvement across the labor market which Biden ...