Newsmaker: McDonald's is hiring, but is anyone else? With high unemployment rates nationwide, McDonald's Corp. has declared April 19 National Hiring Day and plans to fill 50,000 "McJobs." What can the excitement surrounding the McDonald's employment frenzy tell us about today's job environment?Midmorning, April 19, 2011
Birds Eye closing NY plant, moving jobs to Minn., Wis. The parent company of Birds Eye says it will
close its vegetable processing plant in central New York and move
operations to facilities in the upper Midwest.April 15, 2011
Moving beyond the budget bill The compromise to cut $38 billion from the federal budget made it through the week. Now the focus turns to 2012 for the budget, the deficit and the election.Midmorning, April 15, 2011
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Wis. union law A judge has dismissed one of three lawsuits filed challenging Wisconsin's divisive law restricting collective bargaining rights for public workers.April 14, 2011
Minn. unemployment dips to 6.6 percent in March New figures show Minnesota unemployment
edged down a tenth of a percentage point to a seasonally adjusted
6.6 percent in March.April 14, 2011
More people apply for US unemployment benefits More people applied for unemployment benefits
last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader
trend points to a slowly healing jobs market.April 14, 2011
US labor secretary touts worker training in St. Paul U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis toured a manufacturing company in St. Paul Wednesday that has trained its workers in energy efficiency and environmental awareness.April 13, 2011
Cossetta's granted living wage ordinance waiver St. Paul's Housing and Redevelopment Authority voted Wednesday to allow a restaurant that's expanding in downtown St. Paul to bypass the city's living wage ordinance.April 13, 2011
Can flexible workplaces change the way we do business? From Best Buy to The Gap to Hennepin County, the Results-Only Workplace Environment (ROWE) model is gaining momentum in Minnesota and abroad. Midmorning looks at the impact of a more flexible workplace on productivity, job satisfaction, family life, and health.Midmorning, April 13, 2011
US secretary of labor set to visit St. Paul U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis is
scheduled to visit a St. Paul manufacturing company later this week
to highlight the department's efforts to provide workers with the
skills they need for a green economy.April 12, 2011
Few show up for start of first Wis. budget hearing Only about 200 people have shown up
for the start of a public hearing on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's
budget plan that was moved to a university arena in anticipation of
a much larger crowd.April 7, 2011
Wisconsin labor battle: Today's vote Ordinarily, few people would pay attention to a Supreme Court election in one state. But today's election in Wisconsin could be pivotal in the fight between Gov. Scott Walker and organized labor.Midmorning, April 5, 2011