Tag: Labor

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

National Security

Teachers union chief blames Trump for anti-Semitism

Sean Higgins · April 24, 2017 12:18 pm

"Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric has crossed the line from spreading hatred to inciting violence." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Union says CAIR fired three for labor organizing

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2017 4:01 am

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Trump picks National Labor Relations Board chair, assistant secretaries

Anna Giaritelli · April 22, 2017 12:43 am

The first week in May likely would be the earliest a vote on Alexander Acosta will be scheduled. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Labor secretary nominee Acosta unlikely to get vote until May

Sean Higgins · April 21, 2017 4:59 pm

The Bureau of Labor Statistics that produces the monthly jobs report is at risk of making mistakes or being forced to delay its reporting due to a lack of funding. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Obama official: Agency in charge of jobs data ‘headed toward failure’

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2017 1:49 pm

CAIR sign

Labor group charges union busting by CAIR

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 9:23 pm

A monthlong slide in steelmakers' stocks doesn't accurately reflect the benefits they'll receive from President Trump's tariffs on metals, Credit Suisse says.

US steelmakers applaud White House’s anti-dumping probe

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 8:09 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new initiative aimed at curbing smoking in the Big Apple by raising the minimum price of cigarettes to $13 per pack. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Beltway Confidential

What Bill de Blasio doesn’t get about the minimum wage and cigarettes

Eric Peterson · April 20, 2017 7:12 pm

A task force is overseeing the staff cuts, including an employee buyout program. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

Energy and Environment

EPA begins Trump’s process of weeding out workers

John Siciliano · April 20, 2017 4:44 pm

Forecasters had expected to jobless claims, which are adjusted for seasonal variations, to tick down to 255,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

April sees the fewest people getting unemployment benefits since 2000

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2017 12:34 pm

Under "official time," workers use all of their time doing activities on behalf of their union. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Estimated 700 federal employees do only union work

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2017 9:00 am

President Donald Trump holds up a signed an executive order to tighten the rules for technology companies seeking to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S., Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Snap-On Tools in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Trump calls for crackdown on foreign workers and products

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 8:25 pm