WASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers continuing to draw unemployment benefits bolted to 4.5 million in late December, and even more Americans are expected to join the ranks of the jobless in 2009.

Labor Day vacationers escaping the heat of the Valley for the cooler Arizona locales should be on watch for potentially dangerous wet weather this weekend.

As each new day breaks over the desert, laborers gather at the Light and Life Day Labor Center in Chandler hoping to find work.

Feasibility reports examining recommendations to deal with Chandler’s day labor problems will be presented to the City Council on Aug. 25, officials said.

Feasibility reports examining recommendations to deal with Chandler’s day labor problems will be presented to the City Council on Aug. 25, officials said.

Able Body Labor’s quest for a permit on a labor center in west Mesa will return to the City Council on Monday, but additional restrictions on the permit have not quelled the concerns of some neighbors.

April 30, 2005

Construction is booming in the East Valley, and those in the industry say success is a double-edged sword.

After a three-year hiatus, Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital will reopen its labor and delivery department Monday morning, with an emphasis on its nurse midwife service.

If you’re among the thousands of drivers who will be taking a road trip over the Labor Day weekend, you won’t face any construction-related closures along state highways, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Drivers are getting a break over the Labor Day weekend. The Arizona Department of Transportation has announced that no construction closures are planned. That goes for Friday afternoon when many drivers are getting away for the long holiday weekend.

The Mesa Police Department will be checking for drunken driving today at a sobriety checkpoint at Power Road north of Thomas.

If you’re among the thousands of drivers who will be taking a road trip over the Labor Day weekend, you won’t face any construction-related closures along state highways, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

In just about every professional field, summer is intern season -- employers from banks to magazines to police departments have access to swarms of eager college students who don't ask for much in the way of a paycheck.

NEW YORK - This Labor Day finds workers in worse shape than they’ve been in years, according to a score card released today by Rutgers University.

The roads during Labor Day weekend were safer this year than in 2006, according to a news release issued Thursday by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

WASHINGTON - The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits fell sharply last week, offering a dose of encouraging news that the recovery in the labor market may be strengthening a bit.

Downtown Chandler business representatives have erected video cameras in the historic square, in part to deter day laborers from congregating there, and city officials are not happy about it.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao attacked the “card check” bill Friday at a news conference in Scottsdale, saying the union-backed legislation designed to make it easier to organize American workers would take away the “fundamental” American right to a secret-ballot election.

WASHINGTON - The efficiency of American workers actually declined in the final three months of 2005, the first time that has happened in more than four years, while wage pressures accelerated.

Jon Garrido’s plan to lead day laborers on a march across downtown Mesa in favor of a day labor center didn’t go as planned Tuesday, but he said he still thinks he can open the center himself.

Higher national gasoline prices than a year ago won’t deter what AAA expects will be a record number of travelers over Labor Day, and officials at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport predict no slowdown in flying following a record-breaking month in July.

Can you believe next week is Labor Day Weekend? “Where did the summer go?” used to be the standard refrain with lament growing up in western New York whenever this day came around. But of course here in Chandler, we are ready and eager to get into the fall season.