Tag: Labor

Case in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could end the ability of public-sector unions to force workers like her to support its political activities (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Teachers union dues case vies for Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 4:01 am

Nearly 51 percent of Republican Senate offices offer paid internship compared to just 31 percent of Democrat offices, according to a new study. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

More Republicans pay their interns than Democrats: Study

Sean Langille · July 1, 2017 1:21 am

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., couldn't contain his excitement Friday after the Minneapolis City Council approved a $15 minimum wage and broke out in song. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Watch: Keith Ellison sings to celebrate Minneapolis passing $15 minimum wage

Al Weaver · June 30, 2017 5:35 pm

Measures would roll back changes made by the NLRB that critics said were unfair and designed to boost union organizing. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

House GOP advances pro-business labor law bills

Sean Higgins · June 29, 2017 8:04 pm

Finkle's order is one small victory in the larger fight for workers' freedoms across America. But it's no small victory if a union is trying to skim from that loved one's benefit payments without their permission or yours. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Workers’ freedom scores a small victory in Washington state

Michael Hartmann · June 29, 2017 4:01 am

The head of Unite Here was upset with the Democrats for attacking the GOP's repeal legislation as a sop to the wealthiest because, in part, it delays for four years the implementation of a so-called "Cadillac tax" on high-premium health insurance plans. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Unite Here union leader blasts Democrats over Obamacare ‘Cadillac tax’

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2017 5:37 pm

Carrier is embarking on several rounds of layoffs that will see jobs shipped to Mexico. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

Carrier layoffs show how hard it is to keep jobs in the US

Brian Brinker · June 28, 2017 4:26 pm

Business groups and Republicans praised President Trump's choice late Tuesday of lawyer William Emanuel to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Businesses, GOP praise Trump pick for labor board

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2017 3:33 pm

Labor secretary told Senate Appropriations Committee that healthcare wasn't his area of expertise and he was there to discuss his department's budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Democrats grill Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on healthcare bill

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2017 5:48 pm

The Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it had officially begun monitoring use of opioid prescriptions by workers under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Labor Department begins monitoring opioid use by federal workers

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2017 5:26 pm

Revealing this data across the board will allow citizens and policymakers to have a productive debate about pensions. (iStock by Getty Images)

Make federal pensions transparent

Adam Andrzejewski, rep-ron-desantis · June 27, 2017 4:01 am

A new study has found Seattle's increase of its minimum wage to $13 an hour, part of a planned hike to $15, has left low-wage workers worse off. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren,File)

Study: Seattle’s minimum wage is hurting the poor

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2017 2:44 pm