Tag: Labor

Jobless claims are viewed by investors and policymakers as a high-frequency gauge of the health of the economy. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jobless claims edge up to 266,000

Joseph Lawler · July 28, 2016 12:31 pm

"We need to send TPP to its grave where it belongs!", said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

NY Dems want to send TPP ‘to the grave’

Becket Adams · July 27, 2016 9:13 pm

McAuliffe walks back claim that Clinton will flip on TPP

Sarah Bedford · July 27, 2016 7:08 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he was certain that Hillary Clinton would continue to oppose the TPP deal. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Labor leader: McAullife ‘absolutely wrong’ Clinton will flip on TPP

Sean Higgins · July 27, 2016 2:32 pm

Companies denied workers the minimum hourly rate required by the government as well as overtime pay. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Capitol Hill cafeteria workers win $1M in back pay

Sean Higgins · July 26, 2016 8:16 pm

"Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo)

AFL-CIO’s Trumka calls Trump ‘wrong, wrong, wrong,’ praises Clinton

Becket Adams · July 26, 2016 2:55 am

AFT was one of the first unions to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Emails show DNC, teachers union working to link Trump to bullying

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2016 10:23 pm

"On behalf of our 50,000 members in Ohio, we are proud to endorse Rob Portman," Pat Darrow, president of the Ohio Conference of Teamsters, said in a Monday announcement released by Portman's campaign. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Teamsters back GOP Sen. Portman in swing state Ohio

Joel Gehrke · July 25, 2016 10:21 pm

One of the largest multi-employer plans, the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund, currently faces insolvency for its retirees, by its own estimation. (AP Photo)

Want to retire? Don’t trust the union label

Vincent Vernuccio, Jeremy Lott · July 25, 2016 4:04 am

The Democratic Party's 2016 platform is a veritable wish list for organized labor, making numerous elaborate promises to tilt federal law and regulation in its favor and against business. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Dem 2016 platform a wish-list for labor leaders

Sean Higgins · July 22, 2016 9:26 pm

"The intent is to bring in high-skilled workers for shortages that exist and by doing so actually expanding our economy," Rep. Darrell Issa said. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

Dems, GOP take aim at foreign worker fraud

Joel Gehrke · July 20, 2016 11:25 pm

The new GOP platform calls for a national right-to-work law and reining in the labor board. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

After Obama, GOP platform moves right on labor issues

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2016 9:59 pm