Washington -- Forget the marches and strikes that once defined the union movement. Big labor is relying more on guile and theatrics than blunt force to attack the ascendancy of a new form of corporate ownership: private equity.

OCEAN CITY — Even with a slumping economy and gas prices expected to crest $4 a gallon this summer, Ocean City officials and businesses say they expect the drive-to tourism town — which drew more than 4 million people last summer — to fare well.

Job losses continued to afflict the world's biggest economy in June as US employers shed 62,000 nonfarm jobs amid a lingering slowdown, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.

HUNTINGTON -- Southwestern District Labor Council, AFL-CIO, will host an event Saturday, May 3, honoring inductees to the Labor Hall of Fame and the winner of the Lafe C. Chafin Lifetime Achievement Award. It will be from 5 to 10:30 p.m. at the Big Sandy

Between 25 to 30 employees at Hard Rock Park were laid off earlier this week, a park spokesman said. The $400 million theme park is suffering from the weak economy and lowered consumer spending, said Jim Olecki, a spokesman with New York-based public rela