Nigerian labor unions suspended strikes and protests in Africa’s top crude producer after President Goodluck Jonathan limited gasoline-price increases.

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy sits down with union leaders this week in a last-minute attempt to overhaul labor rules before an election, promising quick fixes for unemployment but little progress on the deeper issue of job flexibility. As the euro debt crisis topples France from its prized AAA credit ranking and pushes the economy to the brink of recession, Sarkozy is ...

Low prices of our iPhones and iPads — and the super-high profit margins of Apple — are only possible because they are made with labor practices that would be illegal in the U.S.

Labor leaders have rejected the Nigerian government's concession Monday to drop fuel prices after a nationwide strike paralyzed the country last week. Abiodum Aremu of the Nigeria Labour Congress said the group will only accept a return to prices before the government ended fuel subsidies on January 1.

Manufacturing and mining are set to power U.S. job gains again this year, from auto assembly plants in Ohio to the oil and gas fields of North Dakota.

The number of Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits rose last week, and retail sales increased at the weakest pace in seven months in December, the government reported.

Labor leaders have rejected the Nigerian government's concession Monday to drop fuel prices after a nationwide strike paralyzed the country last week. Abiodum Aremu of the Nigeria Labour Congress said the group will only accept a return to prices before the government ended fuel subsidies on January 1.

Bailey, regional labor economist for the state Employment Security Department in Southwest Washington, will break down and recap the Economic Forecast Breakfast.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's new government will push ahead within weeks on labor reform aimed at tackling the European Union's highest unemployment rate after unions and employers failed to meet a deadline for agreeing how to modernize a rigid system that harms them both. It is difficult to see how the reforms can help Spain's immediate battle with a chronically-weak economy and a jobless rate ...

Manufacturing and mining are set to power U.S. job gains again this year, from auto assembly plants in Ohio to the oil and gas fields of North Dakota.