Tag: Labor

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Not your father’s NLRB

Robert Ehrlich · October 13, 2016 3:40 pm

Forecasters in the private sector had expected a modest uptick in the jobless claims to 254,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Jobless claims hit lowest level since 1973

Joseph Lawler · October 13, 2016 12:32 pm

In an email chain discussing New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio's decision to come out in favor of more than doubling the minimum wage, Neera Tanden noted that her group had not formally come out for it, and warned that Hillary Clinton shouldn't either. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A window into the $15 wage hypocrite’s world

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2016 4:01 am

Campaign staffers strictly vetted all speeches to obscure the issue and discussed strategies for how to avoid it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Emails show Clinton camp dodged $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · October 12, 2016 8:03 pm

Trumka, said Trump is "dangerous" and treats working-class voters like "second-class citizens." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WikiLeaks: Clinton team found AFL-CIO head Trumka ‘annoying’

Rudy Takala · October 12, 2016 3:24 pm

There were just 1.3 jobless workers for every advertised job opening in November, the Department of Labor announced Tuesday, a level not seen before this year in 16 years. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job creation at slowest pace since December

Joseph Lawler · October 12, 2016 2:40 pm

Liberal group’s chief warned Clinton campaign about $15 wage

Sean Higgins · October 10, 2016 11:39 pm

The bill from Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., said it would be "unlawful" for companies to ask about salary history while they are considering hiring that person. (AP Photo)

Dem bill bans companies from asking about salary history

Pete Kasperowicz · October 10, 2016 5:55 pm

The Obama years have seen the completion of several long-in-the-works realignments of state legislatures. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama touts ‘record job growth’ despite lower-than-expected September numbers

Anna Giaritelli · October 8, 2016 10:00 am

Forty-seven percent of men ages 25-54 say they take pain medication, and two-thirds of it is prescribed. (iStock Photo)

Study: Nearly half of working-age men out of labor force take daily pain meds

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 8:56 pm

September's job creation fell just short of expectations. Economists in the private sector had expected payroll job growth to rise to 168,000. (Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co. via AP)

Job creation falls just short of expectations in September at 156,000, unemployment at 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 12:32 pm

Economists in the private sector had projected that jobless claims would rise just slightly to 256,000. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims plumb lowest levels since 1973 in good sign for US

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2016 12:33 pm