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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. worker productivity rebounded sharply in the second quarter, helping to curb growth in labor costs and offering another boost to the improving inflation outlook. Nonfarm productivity, …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The agency that enforces U.S. labor laws on Wednesday made it more difficult for businesses to defend workplace rules that could interfere with employees’ rights …

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A labor dispute at Grupo Mexico’s San Martin mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, where the U.S. raised concerns over alleged worker rights abuses, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. labor costs increased less than expected in the second quarter as wage growth cooled a bit, offering a boost to the Federal Reserve in the fight …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congressional Budget Office revised its 2023 U.S. economic growth forecast substantially upward on Wednesday to 0.9% from a meager 0.1% forecast in February, citing a stronger-than-expected …

By Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing executives will face hard questions from investors about whether a recent labor deal reached by Spirit AeroSystems could raise aircraft production costs when …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In surprising development in Ocean County, unionized labor has found a new friend. Ocean County Republican Chairman, George Gilmore, has announced his backing for project labor …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has made winning the support of Washington a key part of the union’s strategy to nail down new …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick for labor secretary, Julie Su, will be kept on as acting secretary indefinitely, three sources with direct knowledge of …

By Joseph White and Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s automakers and the United Auto Workers will not be alone as they begin bargaining this week over wages and working …

By Arshreet Singh (Reuters) – Major North American copper miners are likely to report a fall in second-quarter profits, as global growth concerns dented realized prices for the red metal …

(Reuters) – Delivery firm United Parcel Service said on Friday the company is focused on reaching an agreement with the Teamsters workers’ union before Aug. 1. (Reporting by Aishwarya Nair …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s support for his nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su, is “unwavering” and the White House hopes Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “reconsider their …

TRENTON, NJ – Governor Murphy’s expansion of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s powers in 2019 has yielded significant results. Over the past four years, more than …

By Curtis Williams and Nia Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) – A coming wave of North American liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects faces staffing challenges that are prompting some of the …

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan World markets have taken a hit from a deepening selloff in China as they await critical …

By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su’s nomination to officially lead that agency is at risk even after she helped negotiate a …

WASHINGTON—CBP continues to lead U.S. government efforts to eliminate goods from the supply chain made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (XUAR), one year after …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of OneTaste, a sexual wellness company that claims to teach “orgasmic meditation,” plans to challenge a federal criminal charge that she …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – A labor reform pushed by Colombia’s government was shelved on Tuesday after committee legislators in Congress’ lower house failed to reach a quorum in a scheduled first …