Tag: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Sunday, August 9th 2015 - 14:55 UTC

  US economy adds 215.000 jobs in July; unemployment at seven-year-low of 5.3%

  

  The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate held at a seven-year-low of 5.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday job gains came in retail trade, health care, professional and technical services, and financial activities.

• Friday, July 4th 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  US unemployment down to 6.1% and the Dow Jones at 17.000 for first time

  

  US economy added 288,000 jobs in June, latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have shown. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, its lowest level since September 2008.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 10:50 UTC

  Protesting McDonald's workers arrested in Chicago; labor pay debate beginning to brew in US

  

  More than 100 demonstrators seeking better pay for McDonald's workers were arrested on Thursday as protesters swarmed the fast-food chain's corporate campus near Chicago demanding a minimum wage of 15 dollars an hour and the right to unionize.