Retirement

The move to stabilize New Jersey's underfunded pension and health care systems by requiring public workers to pay sharply more for the benefits while suspending bargaining over health care was fast-tracked through the Legislature Monday, after Democrats joined with Republicans to buck the powerful public employee unions.

Joe DeLamielleure was one of a collection of NFL Hall of Famers and players who held a press conference Monday backing a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, demanding better benefits for former players.

Three employees who say they fear losing their jobs at Boeing Co.'s North Charleston plant were allowed on Monday to have limited roles in a federal labor dispute over the company's 787 passenger jet line.

Mercer's new "What's Working" survey, released Monday, found 32 percent of U.S. workers are "seriously considering" leaving their job. That's a sharp jump from 23 percent reported in 2005.

One day of owners' meetings could turn into two. Whether that's a sign of progress toward the end of the lockout and labor peace is debatable.

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