Industry's jobless rate climbs from November level but improves year over year.

UPDATE: House, now under Democrats' control, passes bills to end shutdown, but White House issues veto threat.

AGC-Sage survey says 79% of construction firms expect to add staff but 78% report difficulty hiring qualified people.

A special congressional committee missed its Nov. 30 deadline for developing a plan to help troubled U.S. multiemployer pension plans.

Fatalities decline 2% in 2017, fatality rate dips to 9.5/100,000 workers, from 10.1.