Tag: Labor

Union membership has hit historic lows. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Union membership hits rock bottom

Trey Kovacs · February 10, 2017 8:06 pm

Pundits are jumping on Andy Puzder as an excuse to criticize companies that provide low-wage jobs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Puzder’s business has one of the best labor records in the franchise industry

Sean Higgins · February 10, 2017 12:53 am

"Attacks on government employees and the civil service in general may make for good politics, but they make for bad government," said the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Union tells Congress: Stop focusing on bad federal workers

Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2017 7:00 pm

Democrats have seized on Puzder's admission that he employed an illegal immigrant, among other issues. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)

Top Democrats call on Trump Labor pick to withdraw

Susan Ferrechio · February 9, 2017 5:40 pm

On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in the previous week. Economists in the private sector had expected jobless claims to tick up to a still-low 250,000. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jobless claims running at 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2017 1:31 pm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signs legislation to make Missouri the 28th right-to-work state. Kentucky and Missouri have both implemented right-to-work laws in 2017. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)

Beltway Confidential

2017 is right-to-work’s watershed year

Ben Wilterdink · February 9, 2017 1:00 am

Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder will get his first confirmation hearing on Feb. 16, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Feb. 16 hearing set for Labor nominee Puzder

Sean Higgins · February 8, 2017 10:22 pm

For someone struggling to find work, licensing fees act as a substantial barrier to self-sufficiency. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

The best anti-poverty program: Lowering the barriers to work

Jared Meyer · February 8, 2017 3:22 pm

Republicans have set a cooling off period of sorts for Andy Puzder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

GOP scrambles to save Trump’s labor nominee

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2017 5:01 am

Coal-fired power plants are projected to produce more electricity this year as natural gas prices rise. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Energy and Environment

Coal miners projected to go back to work

John Siciliano · February 7, 2017 7:24 pm

The Zika funding bill attaches an extra phrase onto language describing how some of the funding that could go to Planned Parenthood can be allocated. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

To meet abortion quotas, Planned Parenthood offered employees free pizza and time off

Philip Wegmann · February 7, 2017 6:31 pm

Teachers unions vow to continue fight against DeVos

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2017 6:17 pm