WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- Major Work Stoppages in 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Feb. 20, 2026 (3 pages) * * * In 2025, there were 30 major work stoppages beginning in the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The lowest annual total of major work stoppages was 5 in 2009 and the highest was 470 in 1952. Between the years 2006-2025, there have been an average of 17.8 work stoppages beginning in the year. A major work stoppag more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Feb. 19, 2026 (7 pages) * * * There were 5,070 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2024, down 4.0 percent from 5,283 in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) The fatal work injury rate was 3.3 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2024, a decrease from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- State Job Openings and Labor Turnover December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Feb. 19, 2026 (22 pages) * * * Job openings rates decreased in 6 states in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates increased in 9 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separation more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Union Members 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Feb. 18, 2026 (13 pages) * * * The union membership rate--the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions--was 10.0 percent in 2025, little changed from the prior year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions was 14.7 million in 2025. In 1983, the first year for which comparable data are more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 19, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 17, 2026 * * * Private industry employers reported 7,500 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this resulted in a total recordable cases (TR more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Maryland 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 17, 2026 * * * Private industry employers reported 39,800 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Maryland in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this resulted in a total recordable cases (T more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in New Jersey 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * Private industry employers reported 65,300 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in New Jersey in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this resulted in a total recordable case more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Pennsylvania 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * Private industry employers reported 117,400 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Pennsylvania in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this resulted in a total recordable more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in the District of Columbia 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 17, 2026 * * * Private industry employers reported 5,400 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in the District of Columbia in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this resulted more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in West Virginia 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * Private industry employers reported 12,600 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in West Virginia in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this resulted in a total recordabl more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region - Feb. 19, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.9 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Mic more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region - Feb. 19, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 1.9 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Mich more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region - Feb. 19, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations  more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - Feb. 17, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney n more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - Feb. 17, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.4 percent in New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that o more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Alabama 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.3 percent in Alabama, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Florida 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.9 percent in Florida, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Georgia 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.5 percent in Georgia, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation, the U.S. more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Kentucky 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 8.3 percent in Kentucky, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation, the U. more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Mississippi 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.1 percent in Mississippi, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation,  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in North Carolina 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.4 percent in North Carolina, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the na more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in South Carolina 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.5 percent in South Carolina, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the na more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Tennessee 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Feb. 18, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.8 percent in Tennessee, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation, the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Feb. 19, 2026, from Economics Daily: * * * 27.1 percent of people with a work-limiting difficulty participated in the labor force in July 2024 In July 2024, 30.7 million people ages 16 to 75 had a work-limiting health condition or difficulty, representing 12.4 percent of the civilian noninstitutional population in this age group. Of those with a work-limiting health condit more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Feb. 18, 2026, from Economics Daily: * * * Consumer prices up 2.4 percent over the year ended January 2026 The all items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 2.4 percent over the 12 months ending January 2026, after rising 2.7 percent for the year ending December 2025. A year earlier, in January 2025, the 12-month change in the all items index was 3.0 per more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Feb. 17, 2026, from Economics Daily: * * * Number of involuntary part-time workers decreased by 453,000 in January 2026 The number of people employed part time for economic reasons, also called involuntary part-time workers, decreased by 453,000 to 4.9 million in January 2026, but increased by 410,000 over the year. These individuals would have preferred full-time employme more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Feb. 20, 2026, from Economics Daily: * * * Taking charge! Jobs for leaders on Leadership Day Do you like to lead? Are you good at helping others achieve goals by mentoring them, offering direction, building teams, and taking charge? In recognition of Leadership Day, February 20, let's look at some occupations with large projected job growth for which leadership skills are  more PR