WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week and the trend line for jobless claims reached nearly a five-year low, providing signs that the slow recovery in the labor market remains on track.
A controversial piece of legislation ostensibly aimed at increasing transparency in Canada's labor unions, and on track to become law by next week, could have negative implications for everyone from Sidney Crosby to your local shop steward, according to critics.
Jobless claims are now back at the lower end of their range for this year, suggesting the labor market recovery remains on track.
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, offering hope the labor market recovery remains on track.
Representative Robert T. Matsui, a California Democrat who has often opposed organized labor on Nafta and fast track, said: "My read is that fast track is going to be extremely difficult to pass.
But a drop in claims for unemployment benefits offered hope the labor market's recovery was on track.
The Liberal National party has flagged going to the court of disputed returns over Ferny Grove, which is on track to deliver Labor its 44th seat.
The pilots agreement is scheduled for a vote in October, and Matthew Triaca, a spokesman for the airline, said that the negotiations with the machinists union were well under way and that he expected an agreement soon on that contract, too, helping to smooth labor relations and get flights back on track.
US Airways Group's unionized flight attendants ratified a second round of cost cuts Friday in a last-ditch bid to slash labor costs and keep the airline on track to emerge from bankruptcy in March.
Clinton has labored to get the relationship back on track — twice visiting Pakistan last year — only for new crises to erupt, first an American airstrike in November that killed 24 Pakistani troops at a border outpost and more recently the sentencing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency in the hunt for Bin Laden.
