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For every unemployed person in Maine, there are two job openings, on average.

WASHINGTON—Top union leaders Shawn Fain of the Auto Workers and Becky Pringle of the National Education Association exhorted unionists to organize workers—in and out of their own unions—to demand a ceasefire now in the Middle East war, a conflict where the Israeli military ravages Gaza and its...

"The hair rule and other arbitrary rules are just excuses to control people outside of their work," one commenter wrote.

It’s officially time to celebrate Labor Day weekend for all workers in America.

A spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Labor says its leadership is receiving "credible death threats and threats of physical violence.” The threats come just hours before the state’s unemployment system will go offline to handle security upgrades, delaying payments to thousands of Kansans until at least next Tuesday morning.The state’s unemployment system continues to be plagued with technology issues ranging from slow response to claims and a recent surge in fraudulen...