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SAfrica labor unrest spreads; 36,000 miners strike
Chanting miners wielding machetes, clubs and spears marched from shaft to shaft of South Africa's beleaguered Lonmin platinum mine Monday, trying to ...
Greek PM meets austerity inspectors on new cuts
Greece's prime minister started a new round of negotiations Monday with representatives of the country's bailout creditors, who are demanding a fresh ...
No workers seen at troubled SAfrican platinum mine
A strike at the world's third-largest platinum mine enters its fourth week with empty buses searching in vain for workers though wage negotiations may ...
Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail
Chicago teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after their union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement ...
Egypt: Most flights back on schedule after strikes
Officials at Egypt's main international airport were working off a backlog of delayed flights and trying to placate angry passengers on Sunday, after ...
SAfrican Implats workers demand 10 percent raise
Monday is D-Day for the London-registered Lonmin PLC platinum mine. It hopes workers will report for duty in the fourth week of a violent strike for ...
Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing
The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the city school district's latest offer in contract negotiations was disappointing and ...
Egypt flights delayed due to work slowdown
Dozens of airplane flights leaving Cairo were delayed Saturday because of a work slowdown by the baggage handlers of Egypt's national carrier, ...
Analysis: Weak jobs report delivers blow to Obama
The disappointing August jobs report raises yet another campaign obstacle for President Barack Obama and makes his hopes of holding onto his own job ...
Chicago teachers ready to strike, hoping for deal
The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday.
Hiring slows in August, putting pressure on Fed
American employers cut back sharply on hiring last month, crushing hopes that the job market was improving and putting more pressure on the Federal ...
Lufthansa, cabin crew take dispute to arbitration
Germany's Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crews agreed Friday to take their bitter pay dispute to arbitration after flight attendants walked ...
SAfrica's alliance blames mining companies
The African National Congress and its governing partners in South Africa on Friday accused mining companies of stirring up union rivalries at the ...
EgyptAir resumes international flights
Egypt's national air carrier said it will resume international flights Friday after the airline's flight attendants suspended a 12-hour strike pending ...
Forecast of modest US job gains may not lift Obama
U.S. employers likely added jobs last month, though probably not enough to push down the unemployment rate. A tepid report Friday on hiring in August ...
US service firms grew at faster pace in August
U.S. service companies expanded at a faster pace in August than July, helped by stronger hiring. The growth at firms that employ roughly 90 percent ...
Lonmin signs deal without striking union, miners
Managers of a platinum mine where South African police killed 34 striking workers signed a peace deal Thursday with main labor unions but a breakaway ...
US hiring outlook improves as jobless claims drop
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, and a private survey showed businesses stepped up hiring in August. The data sketched a ...
How weak is US job market? Depends on your numbers
Is the U.S. job market dismal as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says? Or is it steadily improving as President Barack Obama contends? Not ...
US productivity grew at 2.2 pct. rate in spring
U.S. companies got more output from their workers this spring than initially thought. Productivity rose at a modest 2.2 percent annual rate in the ...
Samsung in hot seat over abusing Chinese workers
Fresh off a billion-dollar loss in a patent fight with rival smartphone maker Apple, embattled Samsung Electronics Co. now finds itself accused by a ...
CONVENTION WATCH: Michelle's words, Julian Castro
Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...