Sam Hananel

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OT, minimum wage extended to health care workers

Sam Hananel · September 17, 2013 11:55 pm

White House: No subsidies for union health plans

Sam Hananel · September 14, 2013 12:01 am

Josh Baldonado, an administrative assistant at Brown & Brown Insurance, works at a treadmill desk in the firms offices in Carmel, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Workers sign up for 30 slots not he treadmills and have their phone and computer transferred to the workstations. Being glued to your desk is no longer an excuse for not having time to exercise as a growing number of Americans are standing, walking and even cycling their way through the work day at treadmill desks, standup desks or other moving work stations. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

More Americans exercise while they work

Sam Hananel · September 12, 2013 6:22 pm

AFL-CIO steps up criticism of health care law

Sam Hananel · September 12, 2013 6:12 am

FILE - This April 18, 2013 file photo shows Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Perez says recent fast food worker strikes are another sign of the need to raise the minimum wage for all workers. Perez says he is taking a lead role in President Barack Obama's push to boost the federal minimum from $7.25 to $9 an hour. Congress has not acted on Obamaâs proposal. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Thomas Perez: Fast food strikes show need for wage hike

Sam Hananel · August 29, 2013 9:25 pm

FILE - In this April 18, 2013, file photo then-Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Veterans and disabled workers who often struggle to find work could have an easier time landing a job under new federal regulations. The rules, announced Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, by the Labor Department, will require most government contractors to set a goal of having disabled workers make up at least 7 percent of their employees.(AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Labor rules to boost employment for vets, disabled

Sam Hananel · August 28, 2013 12:37 am

Gov’t seeks new limits on silica dust

Sam Hananel · August 23, 2013 9:14 pm

FILE - In this April 18, 2013, file photo, Thomas Perez testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination as Labor Secretary. With Perez now confirmed as head of the Labor Department, the agency is expected to unleash a flurry of new regulations that have been bottled up for months _ a prospect that has business leaders worried and labor advocates cheering. Some long-awaited rules would help boost employment for veterans and the disabled, increase wages for home health care workers, and set new limits for workplace exposure to dangerous silica dust. Other more controversial rules and actions could help labor unions in organizing campaigns and allow union officials to take part in safety inspections at non-union companies. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Likely Labor regs would aid vets, disabled, unions

Sam Hananel · August 14, 2013 5:49 pm

In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, packages wait to be sorted in a Post Office as U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Michael McDonald, gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run, in Atlanta.

Postal Service revamps priority mail program

Sam Hananel · August 14, 2013 5:40 pm

Republic Steel faces $1.1M in fines for violations

Sam Hananel · August 13, 2013 11:02 pm

Retail workers’ union to rejoin AFL-CIO

Sam Hananel · August 8, 2013 8:43 pm

FILE - In this July 29, 2013, file photo, demonstrators in support of fast food workers march towards a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation in New York's Union Square. Labor leaders are getting more creative _ and some say more desperate _ in trying to boost their sagging numbers. Unions are helping non-union fast food workers around the country hold strikes to protest low wages and poor working conditions. They are organizing home day care workers, university graduate students and even newly legalized marijuana dealers.

Unions get creative to halt decline in membership

Sam Hananel · August 2, 2013 6:20 pm