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According to the SFN Group Employee Confidence Index, workers’ confidence regarding their personal employment dropped slipped 0.3 points to 47.8 in July, but workers’ economic optimism dropped significantly , with fewer respondents feeling confident in the strength of the economy and job availability.

Although the unemployment rate for Americans without disabilities experienced a slight decline in July 2011, disabled Americans have faced a growing unemployment numbers since July 2010, says the American Association of People with Disabilities.

A union official says thousands of striking workers are joining picket lines and rallies at Verizon work locations from Massachusetts to Virginia.

Investors should think twice before making any rash moves Monday.

When Congress gets back to work after Labor Day it will have the chance to achieve something that has largely eluded it for the entire year, passing legislation that might actually create jobs.

Stalled contract negotiations led thousands of workers in Verizon Communication Inc.'s wireline division to go on strike Sunday, potentially affecting landline operations as well as installation of services like FiOS, its fiber-optic television and Internet lines.

They defied the bishops to support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Now Catholic hospitals are dismayed the law may force them to cover birth control free of charge to their employees.

Anger at the nation's leaders for taking so long to strike a debt-ceiling deal has turned into high anxiety over jobs and the economy amid growing fears of a new recession.