President Barack Obama's Jobs Council comes calling this morning on a Findlay company whose labor-saving technology makes companies more competitive. Seegrid's robotic forklifts get consumer goods, industrial parts and other products in and out of warehouses more quickly, boosting the productivity of companies that use them.

Wanda Champion, an Oakland resident who has had minimum-wage jobs all her life, took a bus from Oakland to the South Side on Saturday to join a rally for the American worker.

We all know them: the people who are at work all the time. They come in early and make up for it by leaving late. Some love what they do; others are avoiding chores or strife at home; still others feel like more and more just needs to be done at the office.