ISRAELI LABOR BILL FOR SETTLERS SPARKS UPROAR
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ARON HELLER FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo Jewish settlers are seen in the unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron. At…
Labor issues
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
WHY FEWER WORKING-AGE AMERICANS ARE WORKING
By PAUL WISEMAN FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, file photo, applicants reach for registration forms to attend a combined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Harlem Week job…
NY CASE PUTS N-WORD — USE AMONG BLACKS ON TRIAL
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Brandi Johnson, left, and her lawyer, Marjorie M. Sharpe, leave federal court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after a civil jury awarded $30,000 in punitive…
LEGISLATORS GIVE MEXICO LEADER EDUCATION VICTORY
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ FILE – In this May 2, 2013 file photo, Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico. Teachers’ protests that…
FAST-FOOD STRIKES SET FOR CITIES NATIONWIDE
By CANDICE CHOI and KAREN MATTHEWS FILE – In this Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, demonstrators fill the Hardees on Chestnut in Downtown St. Louis. On Thursday, Aug. 29,…
GUARDS HELP ESCORT CHICAGO KIDS TO NEW SCHOOLS
By DON BABWIN Safety Guard Renee Green high-fives Demari Hill, 5, as she heads to Gresham Elementary School with her parents Destiny and Anthony Hill on her first day of…
CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO PUSH SEATTLE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP FILE — In this Aug. 1, 2013 file photo, Seattle police officers take Caroline Durocher, center, into custody after Durocher sat in a downtown intersection during…