Tag: Labor

Emmanuel for All Seasons

Dominic Green · January 5, 2018 9:00 am

Citizens Financial Group announced that it would award $12.5 million in bonuses in the wake of tax reform passing Congress. (Scott Eisen/Bloomberg)

Citizens Financial Group awards $12.5 million in bonuses, citing tax reform

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2018 2:10 pm

President Trump's executive order intended to allow people to buy lower-cost health insurance that can circumvent some of the mandates created under Obamacare. The Department of Labor proposed a rule that would allow smaller businesses to band together to buy health insurance. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration releases proposal to allow workers to band together for health insurance

Kimberly Leonard · January 4, 2018 2:04 pm

Forecasters had expected claims to drift down from 245,000 to 240,000, according to a report. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Jobless claims inch up to 250,000

Joseph Lawler · January 4, 2018 1:31 pm

A report citing two anonymous sources says that the Department of Homeland Security is considering rules for the H1-B visa program that would apparently force recipients to go back to their country of origin before they could complete their green card applications. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump administration considers ending H-1B visa extensions

Sean Higgins · January 3, 2018 11:48 pm

Former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., deserved a Senate Ethics Committee hearing on the allegations of sexual misconduct against him, even if it still led to Franken's resignation, said a former Obama adviser. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

David Axelrod: Al Franken was ‘sacrificed’ by Senate Democrats

Caitlin Yilek · January 3, 2018 4:38 pm

Increases in minimum wage in 18 states at the start of 2018, mostly in left-leaning states, follow years of pushing by liberal activists for higher rates after similar efforts stalled in Congress. (iStock)

Minimum wage increases in 18 states put economic claims to the test

Sean Higgins · January 2, 2018 11:16 pm

Service Employees International Union Local 500 has been trying for about a year to organize the Council of American-Islamic Relations and has claimed that CAIR is involved in "union-busting." CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper (pictured center) has said the claim was "meritless." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CAIR wins first round in fight against union organizing bid

Sean Higgins · January 2, 2018 5:36 pm

Anchor Hoda Kotb will officially replace Matt Lauer after NBC News fired Lauer for "inappropriate sexual behavior." NBC announced that Kotb would continue co-hosting the fourth hour in addition to her new role. Kotb will co-anchor the 7 a.m. show with Savannah Guthrie. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

NBC replaces Matt Lauer with Hoda Kotb

Eddie Scarry · January 2, 2018 1:30 pm

An investigation revealing how New York City's "East Side Access" project became the most expensive mile of subway track on the planet shows why the city needs free-market reforms. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Beltway Confidential

New York’s subway: bureaucracy, cronyism, and unions run amok

Akash Chougule · December 30, 2017 8:03 pm

In this photo from Sept. 4, 2017, members of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The SEIU works with traditional unions, but it also partners with worker centers that operate just outside of federal labor law, allowing them to recruit and organize in a manner that traditional union organizers cannot. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

The blurry line between worker centers and unions

Heather Greenaway · December 28, 2017 5:01 am

Lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, want to know why William Emanuel didn't recuse himself from a case that overturned a decision that controversially expanded the labor board's joint employer standard. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats demand to know why NLRB member voted on major case

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2017 8:37 pm