Tag: Labor

Republicans are trying to loosen workplace regulations, which were tightened in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

GOP pushes worker flex time

Sean Higgins · April 5, 2017 5:34 pm

Ice cream chain has not met a pledge to use milk only from dairy farms that pay workers fair wages, group says. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Migrant worker group protests Ben & Jerry’s

Sean Higgins · April 4, 2017 9:46 pm

For the last four years, the cap has been hit in less than a week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s H-1B visas plan falls short of campaign pledge

W. James Antle III · April 4, 2017 4:01 am

A new policy announced Monday would allow U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agents to prioritize companies for site visits if they seem likely to engage in "visa fraud and abuse." (iStock photo)

Trump cracks down on visa abuse that hands jobs to foreigners

Joel Gehrke · April 3, 2017 7:27 pm

"It's simply wrong to think that we're in a totally open world and that any American with a job can be replaced if somebody in the world is willing to take a job for less pay," Sessions said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Justice Department warns companies not to discriminate against US workers

Kelly Cohen · April 3, 2017 3:56 pm

"This is not something that's science fiction," Jeb Bush said. "This is happening as we speak. And yet we still have this big skills gap." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Jeb Bush warns robots taking US jobs is not science fiction

Daniel Chaitin · April 2, 2017 5:45 pm

Success of movement has brought more attention to the laws' exception for tipped employees. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Minimum wage activists call tipping racist

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2017 4:10 am

President Trump set to sign two executive orders intended to improve the United States' position on trade. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lays groundwork for trade battles

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2017 4:38 pm

The SEIU gave at least $12.7 million to groups staging protests and another $1.7 million to a PR firm. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Union poured $14 million into minimum wage push

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2017 10:52 pm

President Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, former assistant attorney general for civil rights Alexander Acosta, is heading toward a relatively easy confirmation when he gets a vote in the full Senate this month. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate committee advances Acosta as labor secretary

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2017 5:00 pm

"To accommodate senators' schedules, the committee will vote on Mr. Acosta's nomination tomorrow," said a committee source. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate committee to vote Thursday on Labor pick Acosta

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2017 8:42 pm

Reports surfaced Monday that President Trump wants to move more quickly on infrastructure now that the push to repeal Obamacare has stalled. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Report: Unions hand Trump an $80 billion infrastructure wish list

Kyle Feldscher · March 28, 2017 2:28 pm