Tag: Labor

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

Senate minority leader says Trump has missed numerous opportunities to bolster those policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer says Trump a hypocrite on ‘Buy American, Hire American’

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 4:16 pm

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that recommends federal agencies revise the temporary visa program that allows foreigners to fill high-skilled jobs in the U.S. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Trump to take executive action to rein in visa program Tuesday

Anna Giaritelli · April 18, 2017 1:55 am

President wants to find ways to prevent high-tech visas from being used to bring in workers at cheap pay. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Trump to sign ‘buy American,’ ‘hire American’ executive orders

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 1:00 am

The new site promises 25 million new jobs, driven by tax and regulatory reform and renegotiating trade deals. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Wages lag but unemployment falls in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2017 7:03 pm

"We provide suggestive evidence that higher minimum wage increases overall exit rates among restaurants, where a $1 increase in the minimum wage leads to approximately a 4 to 10 percent increase in the likelihood of exit," the report said. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Hike in minimum wage prompts more closings of San Francisco restaurants

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2017 4:55 pm

Unions fear nine-member court could side against them on dues for public-sector workers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Gorsuch will tip Supreme Court on key labor issue, liberals fear

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2017 4:01 am

Healthcare workers union said it will "advise and represent members and their relatives at risk of deportation." (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Union declares itself ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants

Sean Higgins · April 14, 2017 8:48 pm

Labor Dept. rule allowed local governments to create employee retirement plans for private-sector workers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump rolls back Obama savings rule for cities and counties

Sean Higgins · April 13, 2017 7:24 pm

Getting tough on immigration and thereby reducing the labor supply, could reduce growth. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Shrinking labor force should encourage Trump to make that big, beautiful door in his border wall

Philip Wegmann · April 13, 2017 5:11 pm

AFL-CIO's director of legislative policy slammed President Trump's effort to repeal Obamacare and placing Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AFL-CIO gives thumbs down on Congress

Sean Higgins · April 13, 2017 3:07 pm

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

Jobless claims stuck at second-lowest in 44 years

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2017 12:31 pm