Labor Economy
EDUCATION AND JOBS: Government data suggest that education is increasingly crucial in protecting workers from unemployment.
PHILADELPHIA - As college freshmen nationwide continue exploring their campuses - finding dining halls, laundry rooms, bookstores and gyms - officials at many schools say the newbies are increasingly finding their way to career centers.
When the unemployment rate rose last month, the pain wasn't spread evenly.
WASHINGTON - Legislation long sought by Democrats to prevent layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers, police and other public workers has passed the Senate.
WASHINGTON - Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate passage.
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