Tag: Labor

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Trump replaces chairman at troubled NLRB

Sean Higgins · April 13, 2018 6:17 pm

Manufacturing hiring rises to highest level since before the recession

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2018 2:29 pm

Thesis, Antithesis, Repeat

The Scrapbook · April 13, 2018 5:10 am

United Auto Workers strike signs are displayed on a fence at the General Motors service parts operation in Ypsilanti, Mich.

Autoworker to President Trump: Time to support workplace democracy

Terry Bowman · April 13, 2018 4:00 am

Oklahoma teacher strike ends

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2018 10:27 pm

The sign for the National Labor Relations Board seen on the building that houses their headquarters in downtown Washington.

Senate confirms NLRB nominee, giving Trump picks control over labor watchdog

Sean Higgins · April 11, 2018 5:04 pm

Students hold signs on the south plaza of the state Capitol as protests continue over school funding, in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 9, 2018.

Oklahoma teachers walk out, saying $6,000 raise not enough

Sean Higgins · April 9, 2018 10:44 pm

Congress set to battle over food stamps work requirement

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2018 4:01 am

Workers work on a building under construction in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. California's unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.7 percent in July, the first rise in unemployment since the spring of 2011. Construction lost 7,000 jobs with mining, logging and government employment also dropping in July.

Number of people getting unemployment benefits falls to 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · April 5, 2018 12:35 pm

Job seeker Alejandra Bastidas fills out an application at a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater, Fla.

Five charts that show just how strong the jobs market is

Joseph Lawler · April 1, 2018 11:47 am

Republicans beware: Union workers are often your margin of victory

Michael P. Balzano · March 30, 2018 4:00 am

Surrounded by legislators, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaks before signing revenue bills and a teacher pay raise bill in Oklahoma City, Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Teachers in Oklahoma plan statewide walkout after lawmakers fail to meet salary demands

Katie Leach · March 30, 2018 1:31 am