Tag: Labor

Liberals call on president-elect to live up to his campaign rhetoric to dismantle NAFTA. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Left tries to find common ground with Trump

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2017 10:38 pm

"State and local raises, while laudable, are not a substitute for a federal raise," the New York times editorial board writes. (iStock photo)

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What the New York Times doesn’t get about the minimum wage

Jason Russell · January 3, 2017 4:12 pm

Business groups are cautiously optimistic that former fast-food magnate Andy Puzder will put the focus on issues other than immigration. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)

Trump’s Labor Department pick Andy Puzder could be the key on setting immigration policy

Sean Higgins · January 3, 2017 5:01 am

Measure requires businesses to negotiate how much workers are expected to respond to emails and other tasks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

New law eases after-hours work for French employees

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 2, 2017 3:35 pm

Perez ally secretly wrote 2013 endorsement

Sean Higgins · December 31, 2016 5:01 am

The Labor Department moves to prohibit the contractor in charge of Senate cafeteria workers from accepting federal contracts.

Feds move to block firm that underpaid Senate cafeteria workers from contracts

Sean Higgins · December 30, 2016 5:27 pm

He was criticized for asking the Labor Department to allow more foreign workers at his vineyard. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump brings out his simple rules: Buy and hire American

Kyle Feldscher · December 29, 2016 5:44 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to fall to 262,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims drop to 265,000

Joseph Lawler · December 29, 2016 1:31 pm

Union tried to convince judge that it shouldn't have to divulge internal communications to federal monitors. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Teamsters secretly recorded meeting with corruption monitor

Sean Higgins · December 28, 2016 9:46 pm

SEIU was a major supporter of the Democrats in the last election, spending $21.6 million to help elect them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Major labor union to slash budget in wake of Trump victory

Sean Higgins · December 27, 2016 9:32 pm

President-elect Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, fast-food businessman Andy Puzder, would get a "vigorous and thorough" confirmation hearing, said Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee. (Screenshot)

Patty Murray vows ‘vigorous’ hearing on Labor pick Puzder

Sean Higgins · December 22, 2016 10:55 pm

Lewandowski: Jobs more important than ‘drain the swamp’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 22, 2016 12:45 pm