Tag: Labor

Senators want the agency to look into whether bank violated overtime regulations with sales goals. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Democrats want Labor Dept. probe of Wells Fargo

Joseph Lawler · September 22, 2016 6:21 pm

If passed, House Bill 5829 would finally give each worker in the state's public sector unions a genuine choice: Pay dues to the union and allow it to bargain for you, or go your own way, keep your money and bargain directly with your employer. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Why Congress should go for workers’ choice

Vincent Vernuccio, Jeremy Lott · September 21, 2016 1:20 pm

More than 50 business groups asked a Texas court to throw out the new rule, which takes effect Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Business groups start legal attack on overtime rule

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2016 9:53 pm

DHS is in the basement, with an overall score of 56 percent on employee engagement. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

DHS home to unhappiest, least-engaged federal workers

Pete Kasperowicz · September 20, 2016 6:30 pm

Mike Antonucci of the Education Intelligence Agency site pointed out the Newark Teachers Union fundraiser, and that the union shouldn't have trouble raising $100,000 without a fundraiser. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

After five days, teachers’ union fundraiser earns $0

Jason Russell · September 19, 2016 10:46 pm

Reed E. Larson was a major figure in labor politics and conservative activism, having led a three-decade fight to prevent workers who don't want to be union members from being forced into one. (Screenshot)

Longtime right-to-work leader dies

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2016 10:18 pm

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., introduced a bill that establishes that workers in the new economy qualify as independent contractors under federal law, rather than employees of the company that created the application. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Bringing ‘the new economy’ of Uber and AirBnB to poor workers

Joel Gehrke · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

Judge Patricia Millett said the agency's "boys will be boys" attitude should be dropped. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP)

Judge: Labor board protecting strikers’ racist, sexist behavior

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2016 8:52 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton's victory would doom the U.S. to "a future of slow growth, declining incomes and dwindling prosperity." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump: No jobs under Clinton, just ‘a welfare check’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 15, 2016 4:21 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims move up just slightly to 260,000

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2016 12:31 pm

Unions across the U.S. are reaching out to immigrants in hopes of expanding their dwindling ranks by recruiting millions of workers who entered the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman,File)

How Obama has tilted the workplace for unions

Sean Higgins · September 12, 2016 4:01 am

A jury in Houston handed down an important verdict this week that you probably haven't heard about. (AP Image)

Big Labor slapped down — Congress should do likewise

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2016 5:29 am