Tag: Labor

AFL-CIO head pans Trump in video to union members

Gabby Morrongiello · January 5, 2016 5:59 pm

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims jump to 287,000, highest since July

Joseph Lawler · December 31, 2015 1:32 pm

DHS plans New Year’s Eve present for millions of foreign workers

Anna Giaritelli · December 31, 2015 5:39 am

The biggest increase of people leaving the labor force came among people who retired. That is partly because of the aging U.S. population, with more baby boomers reaching retirement age in recent years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Where people leaving the labor force are going

Joseph Lawler · December 30, 2015 10:05 pm

The Labor Department sees the decline in workforce participation among prime working age adults, those between ages 25 and 54, halting over the next decade, with an uptick in the group aged 50 to 54. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Labor force participation will drop to Nixon era rates

Joseph Lawler · December 29, 2015 8:55 pm

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to land at 267,000 for the week that ended Dec. 19, the Labor Department said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1970s

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 24, 2015 3:38 pm

Sessions has criticized the bill for expanding H-2B visas for foreigners who take service industry jobs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sessions blasts Ryan for immigration ‘error’

Pete Kasperowicz · December 18, 2015 10:46 pm

The Obama administration has called for a minimum wage of $10.10 for most hourly workers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor to push minimum wage in Obama’s last 400 days

Pete Kasperowicz · December 17, 2015 10:50 pm

Sanders said had union leaders listened to their rank and file members, he might have won the nods instead. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sanders slams Clinton’s union endorsements

Sean Higgins · December 17, 2015 7:37 pm

Ryan defends expansion of foreign worker visas

Susan Ferrechio · December 17, 2015 5:40 pm

new applications for unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 to 271,000 in the second week of December, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Jobless claims fall to 271,000

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2015 1:32 pm

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Spending bill gives labor board pass on ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · December 16, 2015 10:17 pm