Tag: Labor

Most federal workers paid more than private-sector counterparts: Report

Pete Kasperowicz · May 18, 2017 5:44 pm

Total continuing claims for unemployment benefits ran at the lowest level in 28 years at the beginning of May, the Department of Labor reported. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Unemployment claims at lowest level in 28 years

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2017 12:47 pm

Jackson gets about $100,000 a year in workers' compensation, a benefit that would be stripped away from him if Davis' bill became law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP bill would strip Jesse Jackson Jr. of workers’ comp

Pete Kasperowicz · May 17, 2017 9:18 pm

Rep. Bill Shuster said he would make moving air traffic control from the government to a nonprofit a key part of the FAA reauthorization bill. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

House panel takes up privatizing air traffic control

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2017 8:15 pm

The American Federation of Government Employees said Wednesday that the bill, sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would weaken healthcare for veterans and reduce protections for government workers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Union criticizes bill allowing Department of Veterans Affairs to punish bad employees

Melissa Quinn · May 17, 2017 7:56 pm

National Labor Relations Board ruled this month that workers at a Pennsylvania industrial laundry service could decertify the United Steel Workers. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Workers win 4-year effort to drop union

Sean Higgins · May 16, 2017 9:33 pm

Confetti covers part of the stage as a worker begins to clean up following the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Friday, July 29, 2016, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/John Locher)

DNC didn’t pay overtime, lawsuit says

Sean Higgins · May 15, 2017 7:14 pm

Governments are starting to roll back efforts as studies show that the higher minimums are hurting economies. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Opposition stiffens against movement for higher minimum wage

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2017 11:50 am

New applications for unemployment insurance benefits dropped to 236,000 in the first week of May, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Fewest workers getting unemployment benefits in 28 years

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2017 12:31 pm

Once unionized, typically by SEIU or AFSCME, caregivers were forced to pay union dues as a condition of serving their clients, most often relatives or close friends. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Unions are siphoning Medicaid funds by bullying caregivers

Maxford Nelsen · May 10, 2017 11:00 pm

"Retirees all over this country are waking up to the reality that the pension benefits they are receiving today may soon be cut by 20, 30, or even 65 percent," Sanders said. "Imagine that. Imagine working your whole life and sacrificing to ensure that your family has a secure retirement and one day you wake up and find out there are plans to cut your retirement." (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Sanders, Democrats seek to undo bipartisan pension reform

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2017 7:02 pm

Job seekers attend a job fair in New York. Tuesday's report, based on the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, includes figures about gross job creation, hiring, and layoffs that are not available in the monthly jobs report. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Manufacturing openings, hires rise to highest levels of the recovery

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2017 2:13 pm