Courtney Hering, who is getting married next year, is planning a slightly more lavish wedding reception. After seven years at Kohler, she finally feels like she has found a professional home. Sara Stathas for NPR hide caption
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Betty Fernandez of Macy's department store speaks with a potential applicant about job openings during a job fair in Miami on April 5. Employers added far more jobs than expected in April — another sign the U.S. economy is chugging along as the expansion nears the 10-year mark. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Unemployment Drops To 3.6%, 263,000 Jobs Added, Showing Economy Remains Strong
People walk past a branch of Bank of America in New York City in 2015. The bank announced Tuesday that it's raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2021. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Plumber Zakiyyah Askia welds pipes at a high-rise residence under construction in Chicago on Jan. 24. U.S. employers added 196,000 jobs in March, a rebound from February's weak growth, the Labor Department said Friday. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption
House labor committee Chairman Bobby Scott, D-Va., has shepherded through his committee a bill that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 from $7.25 by 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Images of President Trump and former President Barack Obama are on television as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Will Lambek, left, interprets for Enrique Balcazar, a Migrant Justice activist who helped negotiate the fair labor and living standards agreement with Ben & Jerry's. John Dillon/Vermont Public Radio hide caption
Ben & Jerry's 'Milk With Dignity' Pact With Farmworkers Seems To Be Paying Off
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The economy continued to add jobs at a steady pace last month and the unemployment rate remained low. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
The job market is booming and the economy is expanding. But wage growth hasn't kept pace, which has many economists puzzled. Adam Glanzman/Getty Images hide caption
The Service Trades Council Union, a six-union coalition representing 38,000 Disney World workers, says what The Walt Disney Co. is doing is illegal. Handout/Getty Images hide caption
Disney Says Promised Bonus Depends On Workers Signing Wage Contract
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, which has seen a topsy-turvy couple of days, on Tuesday in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A quarter of Americans say they don't have enough time at work to do their jobs, and about half of them bring work home. Bjorn Rune Lie/Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption
Striking McDonald's restaurant employees lock arms during nationwide "Fight for $15 Day of Disruption" protests. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an event in Cincinnati on Thursday. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A man speaks with a potential employer Sept. 13 at a job fair in Hartford, Conn. Recent wage gains reflect the steady healing of the labor market since the worst of the Great Recession. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
The economy is stronger than during the 2012 presidential election, but stock owners in 2016 are doing much better than wage earners. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
A construction worker uses a grinder to cut through steel reinforcing bars Feb. 1 in New York. A surge of job seekers sent the unemployment rate up 0.1 percentage point, to 5 percent, in March. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
A cashier counts money at a Toys "R" Us in Los Angeles last November. A pinch in earnings and hours disappointed those looking for a pickup in paychecks last month. Liz O. Baylen/LA Times via Getty Images hide caption
Amanda Durio, 31, is a union carpenter. She plans to caucus for Bernie Sanders because she likes his message on "race" and "social classes." Asma Khalid/NPR hide caption
Ellsworth Ashman lost his middle-skill job at Entenmann's on Long Island, N.Y., last year. Now he's working at a job that pays half of what he made at the bakery. Charles Lane/WSHU hide caption
Workers unload cargo at the Port of Portland's Terminal 6 in Portland, Ore. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
Aetna announced one of its largest pay hikes recently. CEO Mark Bertolini says he believes it largely could pay for itself by making workers more productive. Courtesy of Aetna hide caption
Health Insurer Aetna Raises Wages For Lowest-Paid Workers To $16 An Hour
McDonald's announced this week that it will pay workers in its company-owned stores $1 more per hour than the local minimum wage. Wal-Mart, Target and the parent company of Marshalls and TJ Maxx have also promised to boost wages for their lowest-paid workers this year. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters/Landov hide caption