UNEMPLOYMENT

Minimum wage activists hope Tuesday’s victories in red states will help pave the way for a raise of the $7.25 federal level.

The upcoming jobs numbers could add to the strongest hiring streak since early 2006.

The Paris-based OECD updated its outlook ahead of a G20 summit next week in Australia.

Next week could be a busy — and possibly volatile — week with most of the focus on the U.S. jobs report for October.

While growth looked set to be the fastest of any major economy this year, real wages and productivity were weakest since the 19th century.

New report reveals the tech sector is hiring at half the rate of the overall private U.S. workforce.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week as companies hire and keep more workers, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

The National Federation of Independent Business' Small Business Optimism Index is now 5 points below the 1973-2007 average.

There were 4.8 million job openings in August, up from 4.6 million in July, making it the highest number of job openings since January 2001.

The layoffs are part of the “Turner 2020” plan to cut spending at the worldwide company.

The latest jobs report is the final one before midterm elections, and it may be too late to help Democrats keep control of the Senate.

Full-time jobs are finally replacing part-time positions in the American economy in a hopeful sign of a strengthening expansion.

The U.S. economy added 248,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent — a six-year low.

Welcome to the slowest economic recovery in the recorded history of the United States.

Economists say the official data on the Argentinian economy is once again looking untrustworthy.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week.

High school seniors who work part time earn more on average five to 10 years after graduation than their peers who don't work.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment insurance increased last week.

The number of workers quitting their jobs climbed in July, though still short of pre-recession norms.

And with many black women in service or government jobs, they are especially vulnerable to the sluggish U.S. economy.

Everything you need to know about the economic recovery in one chart - and it's not good news.