Tag: Jobs

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims drop to 234,000, second-lowest in decades

Joseph Lawler · April 6, 2017 12:31 pm

Overwhelmingly, the American public says that working parents should have access to paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Paid parental leave in the US could look like this affordable, conservative proposal

Angela Rachidi · April 4, 2017 12:00 am

Success of movement has brought more attention to the laws' exception for tipped employees. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Minimum wage activists call tipping racist

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2017 4:10 am

President Trump set to sign two executive orders intended to improve the United States' position on trade. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lays groundwork for trade battles

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2017 4:38 pm

The SEIU gave at least $12.7 million to groups staging protests and another $1.7 million to a PR firm. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Union poured $14 million into minimum wage push

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2017 10:52 pm

A bill from Rep. David Loebsack,D-Iowa, would cut lawmaker pay by 10 percent and end the automatic pay hikes for members of Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House Democrats don’t want their paychecks anymore

Pete Kasperowicz · March 30, 2017 12:36 pm

Ford is expected to announce a "significant" investment in three Michigan plants, but it's not clear how many jobs will be created or what the total investment amount will be, according to a report. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Trump cheers Ford’s new investments in Michigan

Kyle Feldscher · March 28, 2017 11:39 am

The most basic reason Donald Trump won last November is because a lot of voters believed a change was needed to improve the economy. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Whatever Trump does next, it has to be about jobs and wages

Byron York · March 28, 2017 3:58 am

Rule hurt contractors that were convicted of or simply charged with violating federal worker protection laws. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump rolls back Obama ‘blacklisting’ rule for contractors

Sean Higgins · March 27, 2017 6:51 pm

A Fayette County Sherrif's car drives through Uniontown, Pa. The elites, who have the power, money, influence and education in every aspect of society, find the way of life of those living in small towns to be intolerable. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

What is the matter with small town America?

Salena Zito · March 26, 2017 4:04 am

Jobless claims have been running very low in recent months, raising expectations for job growth. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Jobless claims rise to 258,000, highest of Trump presidency

Joseph Lawler · March 23, 2017 12:31 pm

Supreme Court nominee says he was discussing the harsh realities that law graduates face in the workplace. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Gorsuch defends maternity question at Colorado University

Ryan Lovelace · March 21, 2017 5:53 pm