Tag: Labor

Labor unions cannot organize protests against companies for more than 30 days without officially seeking to represent workers. Union-backed worker centers, such as Our Walmart, can though. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

GOP to look at union-connected nonprofit ‘worker centers’

Sean Higgins · February 2, 2018 11:50 pm

William Emanuel told lawmakers that he would be amending a letter he sent them in late December regarding whether he should have recused himself in a major case. (Wikipedia Commons)

Inspector general probing NLRB’s William Emanuel

Sean Higgins · February 2, 2018 8:32 pm

Economists are generally bullish in their outlooks for 2018: Most expect the new U.S. tax cuts, a sturdier global economy and a healthy job market to support consumer and business spending and a steady if modest pace of hiring. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Job growth bounced back in January with 200,000 new payroll jobs, wage growth strongest since 2009

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2018 1:31 pm

"I am deeply troubled by allegations that the Department of Labor may have withheld estimates that workers would lose billions in tips each year under the department's proposed rule. If true, this would not only reflect a departure from the normal process, but raise serious questions about the integrity of the department's rulemaking process," Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats call on Labor Department to drop change to tip rule

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2018 6:21 pm

Forecasters had expected new jobless claims to inch up to 235,000 after hovering near the lowest levels in 45 years recently. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims drop to 230,000

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2018 1:31 pm

"Last night, President Trump painted an everything-being-great picture of America that while optimistic, is not the reality for most working families. That may be how his friends are living, but the working men and women we represent aren't seeing the same America, and his policies are making it worse," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Unions say Trump wrong to be optimistic

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 8:38 pm

Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., criticized President Trump Tuesday night for his record defending American workers. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrat Bobby Scott disputes Trump on worker gains

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 4:27 am

President Trump touted the tax bill that he signed into law in his State of the Union address and said other initiatives, including paid family leave, could add to his actions. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump endorses paid family leave

Kimberly Leonard · January 31, 2018 3:39 am

"Since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands of dollars per worker," the president said in his State of the Union address Tuesday, promising that more and more such bonuses would be coming in the near future. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)

Trump touts worker bonuses resulting from tax reform

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 2:58 am

#MeToo women — a group undoubtedly including some pro-life women — are trying to eradicate violence, threats, and abuses of power. (iStock Photo)

In the ‘Me Too’ moment, the tenets of the sexual revolution prevent a true ‘reckoning’

Timothy P. Carney · January 31, 2018 12:13 am

"Throughout my discussions with American job creators, they have conveyed a consistent message: They value clarity. The regulated public deserves to know how an agency interprets its regulations," U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told the House Education and Workforce Committee in November. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump’s new boost for business revives practice lost under Obama

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to respond to a CNN interview with Jay-Z. (AP Photos)

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Trump vs. Jay-Z and the truth about black unemployment

Siraj Hashmi · January 29, 2018 3:30 pm