NEWS: LABOR & UNION NEWS

FARMERS/FORESTERS: HEALTHIEST BEHAVIORS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Farmers and foresters lead all occupations in healthy behaviors such as eating healthy and exercising, a U.S. survey indicates.

FIRED WAITRESSES SUE CRACKER BARREL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two Florida restaurant employees filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were fired for discrimination after they complained of other employees' discrimination.

SLIM SUMMER WORKFORCE HEADS BACK TO SCHOOL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Summer employment for youth in 2010 was the worst in more than 60 years, the U.S. Labor Department says.

STRIKE SLOWS COMMUTING IN LONDON

LONDON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Maintenance workers at London Underground went on strike Tuesday, bottling up commuter traffic in the British capital to protest job cuts, a union leader said.

BILL CALLS FOR ALL WORKERS TO HAVE IRAS

ALBUQUERQUE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A New Mexico Democrat has introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to establish automatic private retirement accounts for U.S. workers.

OBAMA PROPOSES HUGE PUBLIC WORKS PLAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Monday proposed a massive new public works program to create jobs.

LABOR UNIONS JOIN TO BACK CANDIDATES

DETROIT, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. unions are increasing fundraising and campaign spending for what they say are the most important elections for the labor movement in decades.

GROVER CLEVELAND STARTED LABOR DAY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The 116th observance of Labor Day Monday marks a federal holiday proffered by U.S. President Grover Cleveland to pacify an angry labor movement, historians say.

459 MILLION U.S. VACATION DAYS SKIPPED

MIAMI, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Despite the health and relationship benefits linked to a vacation, 459 million U.S. vacation days went unused last year, a non-profit group says.

JOBS PLENTIFUL IN AUSTRALIA

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- In defiance of stubborn global unemployment Australia is reporting continued growth in job creation.