Stephen Franklin

The unions call it a lockout and the railroads call it a strike. Whatever it`s called, the in-your-face brinkmanship that led to Wednesday`s shutdown of the nation`s rail network typifies...

For half a century the United Auto Workers has been one of the nation`s largest, most powerful and progressive unions-an organization that commanded serious attention from the executive suites in...

Caterpillar Inc. took the first step Friday to end its bitter contract dispute with the UAW and called back 5,600 workers locked out by the company. It also sought renewed...

Labor Secretary Lynn Martin Wednesday gave North Carolina a 90-day deadline to improve its worker health-and-safety efforts or face a federal takeover of its program. The ultimatum was called significant...

The Democratic Party`s presidential candidates offered Tuesday to become the agents of the nation`s economic salvation and to carry the concerns of organized labor into the White House. For the...

The nation`s 16-month-old recession appears to have swallowed many more jobs than previously reported, according to preliminary figures given by the states to the federal government. Taking the U.S. Bureau...

Hyatt Hotels Corp., buffeted by an industry-wide slump, is laying off 700 management personnel at its 105 hotels around the U.S., the company said Friday. The cuts, involving 1.5 percent...

No matter how soon it is resolved, the budget standoff between Gov. Jim Edgar and the General Assembly already has jeopardized Illinois` prestigious bond rating and injured hundreds of companies...

Last week`s weather couldn`t have been better. The sun shone and the air was dry. Finally, good construction weather after a long, rainy spring. Good for golfers, perhaps. But as...

The Kuwaiti government promised Sunday that within six months to a year it will hold elections for Parliament, suspended four times since 1962, but also hinted it may extend martial...