Tag: Labor

Jason Furman warned that the introduction of robots could push down on employment and labor force participation in the short term as workers find themselves losing jobs and searching for new ones. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg, File)

Obama adviser warns that robots could worsen inequality

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 2:59 pm

New applications for unemployment have been trending down in recent weeks.

Jobless claims fall to 254,000, lowest since April

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 12:32 pm

Teachers rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago to support a one-day strike held by the Chicago Teachers Union in Chicago on April 1. Teachers said it was aimed at getting lawmakers to adequately fund schools in the nation's third-largest district. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)

Donald Trump’s Briefing Book: Education and labor

Sean Higgins · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

My legislation puts an end to card check once and for all by guaranteeing a worker's right to a secret ballot, writes Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hatch: We need to make unions more democratic

Orrin Hatch · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

Watch: Labor secretary caught between Clinton, Obama on TPP

Gabby Morrongiello · July 3, 2016 4:51 pm

Labor secretary: Clinton, Lynch just ‘ran into each other’ on airport tarmac

Anna Giaritelli · July 1, 2016 8:58 pm

Its almost cruel for the media and activists to continue telling women that theyre going to earn less than the man working beside them because of discrimination. (Wikimedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

Desperately holding on to the debunked idea of gender wage gap

Ashe Schow · June 30, 2016 5:25 pm

The report was right in line with the expectations of private-sector economists. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jobless claims edge up to still-low 268,000

Joseph Lawler · June 30, 2016 4:40 pm

New National Labor Relations Board rules would drastically expand the definition of "joint employer." (iStock photo)

Obama administration joint employer standard threatens small business

Glenn Spencer · June 29, 2016 4:03 am

D.C. raises minimum wage to $15

Kelly Cohen · June 28, 2016 7:20 pm

The Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case a rehearing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court denies rehearing to major union case

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2016 7:06 pm

A Texas judge struck down the Labor Department's new rule meant to stymie business-side labor lawyers from giving employers advice on Monday. (Photo by Ed Brown, via Wikimedia Commons)

Court blocks Labor Dept’s pro-union ‘persuader’ rule

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2016 8:37 pm