Cole Stangler

About two dozen shareholder resolutions this year — at companies like Panera Bread and Best Buy — target labor issues, from workplace safety to gender pay equity.

Mar 24, 2016

Airports and rail stations across Europe boosted security after deadly explosions in Brussels Tuesday.

Mar 22, 2016

The on-demand company's decision to grant stock options to cleaners, handymen and other staff drew praise Friday from the U.S. labor secretary.

Mar 18, 2016

Comments by Li Ka-shing, one of Asia's wealthiest people, came days after Moody’s downgraded its outlook on the Chinese territory’s long-term debt.

Mar 17, 2016

The move comes on the same day Brazil’s former president was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff.

Mar 17, 2016

Key economic indicators released Thursday by the Labor Department point to an improving U.S. jobs market.

Mar 17, 2016

A plan from U.S. regulators calls for at least two crew members on nearly every train, but even in an era of increased automation, critics are unhappy.

Mar 16, 2016

Cleaning service startup Managed by Q — which employs people like Evan Bochner — aims to prove good technology that is compatible with a positive work environment.

Mar 15, 2016

The Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents some 200,000 workers, praised the Democrat for "standing with the 99 percent." 

Mar 14, 2016

The National Labor Relations Board case could greatly expand the fast-food giant’s liability for labor violations committed by franchisees.

Mar 11, 2016

As industry-wide employment and production decline, Kentucky’s coal lobby wants to end state safety inspections.

Mar 10, 2016

The Republican’s presidential campaign is winning support from workers who are angry at the Democratic Party establishment.

Mar 08, 2016

U.S. authorities say the ride-hailing giant is not cooperating with an investigation into whether its drivers are employees or independent contractors.

Mar 04, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s share price skyrocketed Friday after the information technology firm posted its first financial results since splitting with HP Inc. last year.

Mar 04, 2016

The oil giant posted a $6.5 billion loss last year, but CEO Bob Dudley saw a total pay raise of 20 percent, to nearly $20 million.

Mar 04, 2016

Workers at a Trump-owned hotel in Las Vegas want the company to recognize the results of their union election.

Mar 03, 2016

Despite struggles in energy and manufacturing, the private sector added 214,000 jobs in February.

Mar 02, 2016

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges Pennsylvania-based Scott Medical Health Center discriminated against a gay employee.

Mar 01, 2016

Freelancers have little ability to seek recourse from the contractors who stiff them. That may soon change in New York City.

Feb 29, 2016

Under a tentative deal, the Electrical Workers will pull back from efforts to organize a group of the ride-hailing service provider's drivers.

Feb 25, 2016

Alabama is the latest state to consider a so-called pre-emption law blocking cities — such as Birmingham, which recently adopted a $10.10 minimum wage — from enacting higher pay floors.

Feb 25, 2016

Employees at a Chinese assembly plant that makes iPhones are working long hours for an average wage that’s 2,500 times lower than Apple CEO Tim Cook’s salary.

Feb 23, 2016

Proposals would make it easier for companies to fire workers, limit compensatory damages that can be awarded by labor courts.

Feb 23, 2016

The contentious proposal to cut benefits for foreign workers likely will not reduce immigration to the U.K.

Feb 22, 2016

The Republican has taken in $4 million from financial interests, more than any other presidential candidate.

Feb 22, 2016

Protesters say a former New York City officer convicted in the death of Akai Gurley has been made a scapegoat.

Feb 21, 2016

Depending on the outcome of a vote Sunday, Bolivian President Evo Morales, a self-described socialist, could stay in power until 2025.

Feb 21, 2016

Analysts expect depressed oil prices to unleash a wave of mergers and acquisitions throughout the energy industry — but that hasn't happened yet.

Feb 21, 2016

Deadly protests centered on caste benefits have cut off one of the Indian capital’s key water sources.

Feb 21, 2016