Tag: Labor

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Groups ask Supreme Court to revisit public employee union dues

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2017 3:08 pm

Record-high openings is a good sign for the economy and another indication that the jobs recovery still has steam in its seventh year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Job openings rise to highest level on record, 6 million

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2017 2:16 pm

House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Schuster, R-Pa., didn't give up on the proposal, which calls for moving the air traffic control system from the FAA to an independent agency governed by a board of directors made up mostly of major airline representatives. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s backing boosts air traffic control privatization in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2017 4:01 am

A blueprint to modernize the nation's infrastructure, which Trump is unveiling to compete with the highly anticipated Senate testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey, is among the few arrows the president has left in his quiver. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

As Comey testimony looms, Trump shifts focus to jobs

David M. Drucker · June 6, 2017 4:01 am

The VA has been plagued with numerous scandals in recent years, most notably the manipulation of waiting lists for veterans, with some dying while waiting for treatment. (iStock photo)

Senate to vote on bill making it easier to fire Veterans Affairs employees

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2017 4:28 pm

New interns run with a decision across the plaza of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Students should have the freedom to do unpaid internships

Sandy Malone · June 3, 2017 4:01 am

Should government employees be allowed to opt out of belonging to or paying a labor union? (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Why the public employee unions tremble

David Freddoso · June 2, 2017 8:47 pm

Friday's jobs report missed private-sector forecasters' expectations for 185,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains fall shy in May at 138,000, but unemployment lowest since May 2001

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 12:31 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to nudge up from 234,000 the week before to 239,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 12:31 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)

Beltway Confidential

Stop trying to make micro-unions a thing, Big Labor

Heather Greenaway · May 29, 2017 10:00 pm

Here are a few interesting statistics to help you celebrate Memorial Day by the numbers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Memorial Day by the numbers

Jason Russell · May 28, 2017 8:00 pm

Kentucky unions are suing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin for signing a right-to-work law. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky unions sue over right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · May 26, 2017 4:42 pm