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Airline Seeks Labor Peace With Pilot Pay Bump

2015-11-27 06:44:23| Airlines - Topix.net

JULY 08: United Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport on July 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Thousands of United Airlines passengers around the world were grounded Wednesday due to a computer glitch.

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Your Nov. 23 Pre-Trip: Highway amendment to block trucker labor suits

2015-11-23 21:32:30| Trucking - Topix.net

WSJ reports that Congress is currently debating the amendment, which would bar states from applying to rules that go beyond federal standards for driver pay. According to the report, thousands of drivers in California have sued their employers, claiming they are owed .

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USDA Farm Labor Report: Hired workers and wages up from 2014

2015-11-21 00:07:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: USDA Workers hired directly by farm operators numbered 841,000 for the reference week of October 11-17, 2015, up 8% from the October 2014 reference week. There were 872,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on the Nations farms and ranches during the week of July 12-18, 2015, up 4% from the July 2014 reference week. read more

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Scarce Labor Drives Construction Costs for Multifamily Developers

2015-11-17 09:00:00| National Real Estate Investor

The good news for the multifamily industry is that the cost of construction materials is very low. The bad news is that skilled construction workers are increasingly expensive and hard to find. read more

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