Tag: Labor

Hilcorp is the largest privately owned oil company in the United States. (Photo courtesy of screen shot)

Energy and Environment

Oil baron gives workers $100,000 Christmas bonuses

Kyle Feldscher · December 15, 2015 11:19 pm

National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, left, with Democratic presidential candidate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. The AFL-CIO chipped in $40,000 to advocacy group Americans United for Change. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Republicans aren’t the only ones receiving ‘dark money’

Richard Berman · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

Senators seek middle ground on paid leave

Curt Mills · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

Tom Perez met with two members of unions, Unite Here and the Service Employees International Union, in Las Vegas on Dec. 7. (AP Photo)

Labor secretary pitching Clinton to unions

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2015 5:01 am

Union No

Mark Hemingway · December 11, 2015 5:23 am

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 282,000 in the first week of December, the Labor Department reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jobless claims rise to 282,000, highest since July

Joseph Lawler · December 10, 2015 1:32 pm

Unemployment among veterans plummets

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2015 11:53 pm

"When the presidentâs health law hurts the labor force at the same time it increases healthcare premiums and taxes, itâs clear the law is not working for the American people," Hatch said. (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)

CBO: Obamacare will shrink workforce 2 million by 2025

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2015 10:34 pm

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, said it is "vital" to nullify the board's decision in the 2015 Browning-Ferris case that said contractors can be held legally liable for labor violations by subcontractors. (CQ Roll Call via AP)

Energy and Environment

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · December 7, 2015 5:01 am

The pledge requires the Justice Department to work with Ecuadorian officials to provide its nationals with "access to education and training resources" to help them understand how to file complaints under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act. (AP Photo)

Justice Dept. to teach Ecuadorian immigrants how to sue employers

Sean Higgins · December 4, 2015 11:17 pm

November jobs report clears expectations with 211,000 new jobs, 5 percent unemployment

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2015 1:32 pm

The plan is a boon for unions, which have long sought to organize Walmart's workers. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Unions request another minimum wage exemption

Preston Cooper · December 4, 2015 5:01 am