Tom Raum

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FILE - In this June 4, 2014, file photo Labor Secretary Thomas Perez speaks in Washington. Perez sought Monday, Oct. 20 to re-energize President Barack Obama's stalled push for raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour and for making paid leave for mothers of newborns more widely available. Speaking at the National Press Club, Perez also suggested that many U.S. workers have failed to benefit from the nation's economic recovery. (AP Photo/Connor Radnovich, File)

Labor Secretary Perez pushes Obama jobs proposals

Tom Raum · October 20, 2014 10:26 pm

Labor Secretary Perez pushes Obama jobs proposals

Tom Raum · October 20, 2014 9:35 pm

US to delay enforcing rule for home-care workers

Tom Raum · October 7, 2014 6:17 pm

US issues final minimum wage rule for contractors

Tom Raum · October 1, 2014 8:50 pm

US cites Missouri company in cell tower deaths

Tom Raum · September 26, 2014 7:50 pm

US labor board orders CNN to rehire fired workers

Tom Raum · September 15, 2014 11:54 pm

Feds tighten rules on workplace death reporting

Tom Raum · September 11, 2014 10:05 pm

GOP leader says Labor Dept. is wasting tax money

Tom Raum · August 26, 2014 8:02 pm

FILE - Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Jacqueline Berrien speaks at a Middle Class Task Force event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington, in this Tuesday, July 20, 2010 file photo. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated 30-year-old guidelines to make clear that any form of workplace discrimination or harassment against pregnant workers by employers is a form of sex discrimination and illegal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

New guidelines could help many pregnant workers

Tom Raum · July 16, 2014 11:43 am

Agency toughens protections for pregnant workers

Tom Raum · July 16, 2014 1:28 am

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2012, file photo shows thousands of public school teachers rallying outside the Chicago Public Schools district headquarters on the first day of strike action over teachers' contracts in Chicago. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity at the federal, state or local levels. The typical union worker now is more likely to be an educator, office worker or food or service industry employee rather than a construction worker, autoworker, electrician or mechanic, with far more women than men among the ranks. Overall, 11.3 percent of U.S. wage and salary workers are unionized, down from a peak of 35 percent during the mid-1950s. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Most union members have ties to government

Tom Raum · July 5, 2014 8:31 am

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2012, file photo shows thousands of public school teachers rallying outside the Chicago Public Schools district headquarters on the first day of strike action over teachers' contracts in Chicago. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity at the federal, state or local levels. The typical union worker now is more likely to be an educator, office worker or food or service industry employee rather than a construction worker, autoworker, electrician or mechanic, with far more women than men among the ranks. Overall, 11.3 percent of U.S. wage and salary workers are unionized, down from a peak of 35 percent during the mid-1950s. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Unions representing government workers are gaining

Tom Raum · July 4, 2014 2:55 pm