Labor Market Remains Healthy Despite Rising Unemployment
ABC News reports that America’s labor market remains strong, despite the number of new applications for unemployment benefits rising slightly last week. Follow Us on Google News
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Labor Market Remains Healthy Despite Rising Unemployment
ABC News reports that America’s labor market remains strong, despite the number of new applications for unemployment benefits rising slightly last week. Follow Us on Google News
‘Should be concerned’: Congress opens up on new threats posed to US labor market
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional lawmakers told Fox News they’re concerned about how artificial Intelligence will impact the job market, but were unsure how to approach the issue. “I don’t have answers,” Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat, said. “There’s no question AI is an incredibly disruptive technology, and we should be closely looking at the implications… Read More »
IDA And Communications Workers of America Reach Tentative Labor Agreement For Non-Management Employees
The Writers Guild strike goes on, but there’s peace on one labor front in the entertainment industry. The Communication Workers of America Local 9003 and the International Documentary Association announced in a joint statement today that they have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement covering Documentary Workers United, a group of non-management employees at the… Read More »
Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete. The decision united liberal and conservative justices in labor’s latest loss at the high court. The lone dissenter… Read More »
Stock Markets Surge as US Labor Market Data Eases Rate Hike Concerns
Stock markets gained ground on Wall Street and in Europe on Thursday as US labour market data gave investors more confidence the Federal Reserve would hold back on further interest rate hikes in its battle against inflation. Worries about tighter monetary policy had weighed earlier after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said more rate… Read More »
Labor needed to show ‘disciplined financial management’ to prevent increased inflation
Liberal MP Michael Sukkar says the Labor party needed to show “disciplined financial management” to prevent increased inflation. “But also, to avoid kowtowing to the unions,” Mr Sukkar told Sky News host Amanda Stoker. “One of the most inflationary things that hasn’t even hit yet will be its Industrial Relations changes. “That’s going to fuel… Read More »
Mark Butler, Labor Health Minister’s, $23million funding for 89 Degrees East firm linked to wife
Mark Butler, Labor Health Minister’s, $23million funding for 89 Degrees East firm linked to wife Home Australia Mark Butler, Labor Health Minister’s, $23million funding for 89 Degrees East firm linked to wife Follow Us on Google News
Mark McGowan’s resignation is a ‘big loss’ for federal Labor government
The Australian’s National Editor Dennis Shanahan says Mark McGowan’s resignation as WA Premier is a “big loss” for the federal Labor government. “This is a big loss for Anthony Albanese,” Mr Shanahan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. Follow Us on Google News
Labor Party promises always turn out ‘not to be the case’ after being elected
The Labor Party always makes promises which turn out “not to be the case” after it’s been elected into power, says Shadow Veteran Affairs Minister Barnaby Joyce. “What we’ve seen is whether it’s grants that were available to Soldier On, to the RSL, to emergency relief – they’re gone,” he told Sky News host Amanda… Read More »
Beverly Hills Voters Stymie LVMH Plans to Expand U.S. Hotel Business
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Labor MPs clash with RBA Governor Philip Lowe
Labor MPs Tania Lawrence and Sam Rae have had a “stoush” with Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe, says Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. The MPs clashed with Mr Lowe regarding the need for wage rises and his suggestions this could fuel inflation. Follow Us on Google News
Labor Is Rising”: Hundreds Of Union Workers Gather In Solidarity With WGA At Los Angeles Rally
The Writers Guild of America West received the most robust support from their sister unions in Los Angeles at the “Unions Strike Back” Rally on Friday evening. In solidarity with WGAw President Meredith Stiehm stood Hollywood Teamsters Local 399 secretary-treasurer and chief negotiator, Lindsay Dougherty; SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland; UTLA President, Cecily… Read More »
After a year in power it’s now ‘harder and more expensive’ to see a doctor under Labor
Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese assured people it had never been harder to see a doctor before they came into power but after 12 months of governing it is now harder under Labor. “Mr Butler and Mr Albanese, they said it was never …. harder or more expensive to see… Read More »
Clare Nowland death: Labor reject calls to release body-worn footage of tasered dementia sufferer
Clare Nowland death: Labor reject calls to release body-worn footage of tasered dementia sufferer Home Australia Clare Nowland death: Labor reject calls to release body-worn footage of tasered dementia sufferer Follow Us on Google News
Labor ‘determined’ to strengthen Medicare for all Australians
Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler says the Albanese government is “determined” to strengthen Medicare for all Australians. “This is not going to happen overnight … we’ve never pretended that these issues would be fixed overnight but we were determined to start work on them as quickly as possible,” Mr Butler said during Question… Read More »
Apple Strikes Multibillion-Dollar Supply Deal With Broadcom
Apple Strikes Multibillion-Dollar Supply Deal With Broadcom Follow Us on Google News
Labor ‘determined’ to close the labour-hire ‘loophole’: Tony Burke
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke says Labor is “determined to close” the labour-hire “loophole” which lets employees pay the casual workers less than their permanent colleagues in the same “rubbish conditions”. “One of the workers I met with had only recently become a permanent employee at the company,” Mr Burke said during… Read More »
Labor to crack down on buy now, pay later
Sky News host James Macpherson says the Labor government is regulating buy now, pay later as a credit system. “Last year a group of more than 100 community organisations … wrote a letter to the government asking that something be done,” Mr Macpherson said. Follow Us on Google News
Labor and unions are ‘determined’ to make contractors and small businesses ‘extinct’
Sky News host Amanda Stoker says the Labor government and unions are “determined” to make contractors and small businesses “extinct”. “Big employers unionise,” Ms Stoker said. “Self-employed people and small businesses generally tell the unions to get lost because they know they do more harm than good. “Labor and the unions are determined to make… Read More »
Energy policies from Labor ‘can’t be what’s driving’ energy prices
Former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says energy policy decisions taken by Labor have “only just started” to become legislated. “They can’t be what’s driving the prices,” Mr Conroy told Sky News host Amanda Stoker. Follow Us on Google News
Childcare workers’ union to seek 25% pay rise after Labor budget snub
The union representing early childhood educators has condemned the Albanese government’s failure to boost their pay in the federal budget, signalling it will bring a multi-employer bargaining claim within weeks seeking a 25% pay rise. Helen Gibbons, the director of early childhood education at the United Workers Union, said it was “very likely” it would… Read More »
Labor Government ‘should be’ concerned as Voice support drops
Former Advisor to John Howard, Peter McGauran, says the Labor Government “should be” concerned as a recent poll revealed support for the Voice to Parliament has dropped. “I think the yes campaign … have had a reality check that this is not going to be a landslide vote in support of the voice,” Mr McGauran… Read More »
Nine Rounds of Interviews and No Call Back: It’s Harder Than Ever to Land a White Collar Job
Nine Rounds of Interviews and No Call Back: It’s Harder Than Ever to Land a White Collar Job Follow Us on Google News
Disney Ends Plans to Relocate Thousands of Employees to New Florida Campus
Disney Ends Plans to Relocate Thousands of Employees to New Florida Campus Follow Us on Google News