Tag: Jobs

Rosa Labonte works on a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica on the assembly line at the Windsor Assembly Plant, Friday, May 6, 2016 in Windsor. NAFTA's rules of origin are particularly important to automakers, who use supply chains spread across all three member countries. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Canada companies push to maintain NAFTA’s ‘made in America’ definition

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2017 8:20 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Budget cuts won’t hamper apprenticeships, Acosta says

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2017 7:13 pm

The Employee Rights Act would apply the same common-sense solution that citizens use to elect their political leaders. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Employee Rights Act will let GOP make the case for workers’ rights

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2017 4:01 am

Trump will roll out administrative actions meant to encourage apprenticeships and promote career paths that do not involve traditional four-year colleges. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

After botched ‘infrastructure week,’ Trump tries for ‘workforce development week’

Joseph Lawler · June 10, 2017 6:00 pm

Trump administration has reversed course on changes Obama made to overtime, business liability, contracting and worker exposure to harmful materials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump is dismantling Obama’s workplace law legacy

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2017 4:01 am

Trump likes to point to employment growth as an important barometer, and it is, indeed, a key measure of how we are doing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Riding the roller coaster economy with Trump

Bruce Yandle · June 8, 2017 5:37 pm

Private sector forecasters had expected new jobless claims to fall to 241,000. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 12:31 pm

(AP Photo/Jeri Clausing)

Washington Secrets

Boom: Job openings reach all-time high

Paul Bedard · June 7, 2017 3:55 pm

Record-high openings is a good sign for the economy and another indication that the jobs recovery still has steam in its seventh year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Job openings rise to highest level on record, 6 million

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2017 2:16 pm

Maryland crab is delicious, if you can afford it. At $30 to $50 per pound, it's certainly not cheap. That's why I was curious to know just how much H-2B workers were valued by their employers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

No free market in Maryland crab picking

Washington Examiner Staff · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

Friday's jobs report missed private-sector forecasters' expectations for 185,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains fall shy in May at 138,000, but unemployment lowest since May 2001

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 12:31 pm

At 96 months in duration, the recovery is already significantly longer than the postwar average of 58.4 months. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Economic recovery hits eight-year mark, with no end in sight

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 2:57 pm