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WASHINGTON (AP) — Targeting stagnant wages in an otherwise improving economy, President Barack Obama on Monday called on employers, educational institutions and local governments to develop a home grown high technology workforce that could help drive up higher-income employment. The effort aims to attack a stubborn downside of the current economic recovery and fill what […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Postal workers in cities big and small protested in front of Staples stores on Thursday, objecting to the U.S. Postal Service’s pilot program to open counters in stores, staffed with retail employees. Rallies were planned at 50 locations in 27 states. In Concord, more than 100 boisterous workers donned bright blue […]

Roland Martin talks with Al Garrett about the controversy surrounding the “Right to Work” currently in Michigan.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some nail polishes commonly found in California salons and advertised as free of a so-called “toxic trio” of chemicals actually have high levels of agents linked to birth defects, according to state chemical regulators. A Department of Toxic Substances Control report to be released Tuesday determined that the mislabeled nail products […]