Tag: Labor

Investors had expected 243,000 new jobless claims. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims drop to 237,000

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2017 12:31 pm

Ninety-four percent of those represented by unions never voted for one, according to The Heritage Foundation. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn, wants to change that by requiring periodic referendums on continuing with a union. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Illinois worker recounts ordeal to decertify union

Sean Higgins · June 14, 2017 10:55 pm

Ninety-four percent of those represented by unions never voted for one, according to The Heritage Foundation. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn, wants to change that by requiring periodic referendums on continuing with a union. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Phil Roe: The Employee Rights Act brings labor laws into the 21st century

Akash Chougule, Rep. Phil Roe · June 14, 2017 11:00 am

If NFL teams were colluding, they would pay their cheerleaders a comparable amount, not anywhere from $0 to $125 per game.

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Dear NFL cheerleaders: Don’t sue your teams over low wages

Amelia Irvine · June 14, 2017 12:00 am

Taking steps to encourage more students to enroll in apprenticeship programs and blue collar training, as the White House appears to be doing, is a solution thatâs more practical than partisan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Trump’s visit to Wisconsin technical school offers opportunity to discuss unique solutions for young workers

Emily Jashinsky · June 13, 2017 10:56 pm

Proponents of the system, including most U.S. big business groups, argue the system is necessary to ensure neutrality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

US automakers break with business on key NAFTA issue

Sean Higgins · June 13, 2017 8:20 pm

The Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg. In Pennsylvania, the State Employees Retirement System assumes it will receive a 7.5 percent annual return on every investment it makes. In reality, PSERS only earned 0.4 percent on its investment of government employees' money, barely breaking even. Expected benefits won't be there when workers retire. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

In many states, the pension time-bomb is ticking

Jesse Hathaway · June 13, 2017 4:01 am

Rosa Labonte works on a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica on the assembly line at the Windsor Assembly Plant, Friday, May 6, 2016 in Windsor. NAFTA's rules of origin are particularly important to automakers, who use supply chains spread across all three member countries. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Canada companies push to maintain NAFTA’s ‘made in America’ definition

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2017 8:20 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Budget cuts won’t hamper apprenticeships, Acosta says

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2017 7:13 pm

"Her leadership on this issue has been invaluable," Acosta told reporters Monday after thanking her for her assistance. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Labor secretary praises Ivanka Trump for work on apprenticeship program

Melissa Quinn · June 12, 2017 6:08 pm

The first round results indicate Macron's La Republique En Marche (LREM) Party is likely to win a huge majority. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Macron’s parliamentary election win is good news for France

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2017 2:00 pm

Although Obama-era Title IX mandates attempted to correct this wrong, they have instead swung the pendulum too far in the opposite direction, creating a new class of student victims wrongfully found responsible for sexual assaults they did not commit. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Why labor needs its own ERA

Heather Greenaway · June 12, 2017 4:01 am