Tag: Labor

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are writing a far-reaching, $5-trillion plan they say would simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Tax reform must take a hammer to deductions

Tom Rogan · September 27, 2017 7:19 pm

The Jobs Problem

Andy Smarick · September 26, 2017 9:30 am

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Senate OKs Trump pick for NLRB

Sean Higgins · September 25, 2017 10:16 pm

Salena Zito: 40 Years After Black Monday

Washington Examiner Staff · September 25, 2017 3:22 pm

It is high time for clarity. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

How to keep score on labor issues

Heather Greenaway · September 25, 2017 4:01 am

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell rebuked President Trump for calling on NFL players that protest the national anthem to be fired, saying that his comments are "divisive." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Trump’s ‘divisive’ comments show lack of respect for the NFL

Daniel Chaitin · September 23, 2017 1:40 pm

The Chamber of Commerce argued that the agency has transformed into an aggressive prosecutor focused on "alleged numbers-based discrimination." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Chamber slams Labor Department on affimative action

Sean Higgins · September 22, 2017 10:12 pm

The Jobs Problem

Andy Smarick · September 22, 2017 7:15 am

The Democrats' repeal bill, sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (pictured) and Sherrod Brown, would force the 27 states that have the laws to allow unions to demand regular payments even from non-member workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservatives say Senate Democrats boosting right-to-work

Sean Higgins · September 21, 2017 11:54 pm

Forecasters had expected new claims to edge above 300,000. The last time that claims hit the 300,000 mark was at the end of February 2015. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Two-and-a-half year streak intact as jobless claims plummet to 259,000

Joseph Lawler · September 21, 2017 12:32 pm

"So-called right-to-work laws give corporations the ability to trample workers' rights and dismantle unions," said co-sponsor Sen. Sherrod Brown. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Democrats introduce bill to repeal right-to-work nationwide

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2017 10:15 pm

The data was drawn from unions' annual financial filings with Labor Department. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Unions gave $765 million to Democrats, liberals from 2012 to 2016

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2017 8:42 pm