Labor

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, speaks at a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Economy

Democratic leaders call for end to right-to-work

November 1, 2017 6:35 pm

Energy and Environment

Scientists use Manafort scandal to attack Trump’s USDA science nominee

John Siciliano -

October 31, 2017 9:19 pm

Summing up the outrage, the United Steelworkers complained that

Beltway Confidential

As Trump bows to big ethanol, more blue-collar voters realize the president was never a union guy

Philip Wegmann -

October 30, 2017 3:35 pm

Half of Oregon's retail workers and 64 percent of food service workers receive their schedules less than one week in advance, according to a 2017 study by the Labor Education Research Center of the University of Oregon and Portland State University.

Business

Oregon to require businesses to give workers their schedules sooner

Anna Giaritelli -

October 30, 2017 4:01 am

Organized labor is major source of campaign funding for the Democratic Party members, giving more than $59 million in the 2016 election cycle alone, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Conservative groups put the total unions give to Democrats, various liberal activist groups and political action committees between 2012 and 2016 at $765 million.

Magazine

After 70 years, Washington gets serious about labor reforms

Sean Higgins -

October 30, 2017 4:01 am

MSNBC and NBC terminate relationship with author and producer Mark Halperin after learning of allegations of sexual harassment against him. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

News

Mark Halperin: ‘I fully acknowledge and apologize for conduct that was often aggressive and crude’

Caitlin Yilek -

October 27, 2017 10:53 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has repeatedly said that the Obama administration went too far when it expanded the rule. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Economy

Trump administration to appeal ruling that Obama’s expansion of overtime rule unconstitutional

Sean Higgins -

October 27, 2017 7:17 pm

Economy

GDP exceeds expectations, grows 3 percent in third quarter

Sean Higgins -

October 27, 2017 1:19 pm

The legislation would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency, from implementing the doctrine. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Business

Business groups push lawmakers to roll back ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins -

October 26, 2017 9:24 pm

Forecasters had expected claims to rise to a still-ultra-low 235,000 after last week's rock-bottom. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Economy

Unemployment beneficiary numbers fall to 43-year low in October

Joseph Lawler -

October 26, 2017 12:34 pm

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Tag: Labor

Democratic leaders call for end to right-to-work

Scientists use Manafort scandal to attack Trump’s USDA science nominee

As Trump bows to big ethanol, more blue-collar voters realize the president was never a union guy

Oregon to require businesses to give workers their schedules sooner

After 70 years, Washington gets serious about labor reforms

Mark Halperin: ‘I fully acknowledge and apologize for conduct that was often aggressive and crude’

Trump administration to appeal ruling that Obama’s expansion of overtime rule unconstitutional

GDP exceeds expectations, grows 3 percent in third quarter

Business groups push lawmakers to roll back ‘joint employer’ rule

Unemployment beneficiary numbers fall to 43-year low in October

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