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Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said during his Senate confirmation hearings that while the Obama administration went too far, the overtime rule needed to be updated. That has policy advocates on both sides wondering what the White House will eventually replace it with. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Economy

Labor Department says ‘gig economy’ workers are contractors, not employees, in win for owners

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asks a question during a field hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, in Glenwood, Iowa, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The hearing was called to investigate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Management of the 2019 Missouri River Basin Flooding.
Economy

Grassley warns Trump that tariffs on Mexico and Canada will kill his NAFTA replacement

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In this Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, photo, a ship to shore crane unloads a shipping container at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City terminal, in Savannah, Ga. The Commerce Department reports on the U.S. trade deficit for December on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Economy

US objects to WTO ruling limiting national security justification for tariffs

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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.
Economy

US threatens China with tariffs for intellectual property violations

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to union members and other federal employees at a rally, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington.
Economy

Unions spent $2B on politics in 2018

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Donald Trump and Richard Trumka
Economy

Mexico must do more to meet USMCA requirements, AFL-CIO’s Trumka says

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to union members and other federal employees at a rally, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington.
Economy

AFL-CIO leader Trumka faults Obama for siding with Wall Street in his last year in office

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Richard Trumka
Economy

AFL-CIO opposes Green New Deal

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks to the media.
Economy

Mexico poised to pass labor reforms as part of Trump USMCA deal

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Economy

Business groups object to Trump plans to retain tariffs in China trade deal

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