Tag: Labor

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 10 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims drop to lowest point in four decades

Joseph Lawler · October 15, 2015 12:51 pm

The legislation includes numerous pro-union changes to enhance the power of the NLRB. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dems’ labor rule tweak would trip up ‘majority’ voting

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 11:07 pm

Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, chairman of the House Education Committee, and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., right, chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, areÂ questioning a proposed new rule by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP challenges new rules proposed by OSHA

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 9:44 pm

At the first Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders called for "tuition-free college," echoing Barack Obama's free-junior-college proposal.Â (AP Photo/John Locher)

Most Dems favor pro-free trade candidates

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 7:28 pm

If the states or the courts start giving workers their own choice, public-sector unionism will disappear. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Given the choice, public-sector workers quit their unions

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2015 4:22 am

"The failure of respondent McDonald's to comply with the subpoenas â¦ has impeded and continues to impede the Board's prosecution of the unfair labor practices charges," said the National Labor Relations Board.Â (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

McDonald’s frustrating labor board with subpoenaed docs

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 4:01 am

"I did say when I was secretary of state that I hoped the trade deal would be 'the gold standard,' " Clinton conceded. But that was before the deal was actually concluded, she noted. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Clinton: TPP deal so bad I had to oppose it

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 1:29 am

Labor leader hears from members on Bernie Sanders

Sean Higgins · October 13, 2015 9:26 pm

The decline underscores why public-sector union leaders opposed the court's decision in Harris v. Quinn. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Major threat to public-sector union membership

Sean Higgins · October 12, 2015 4:01 am

Pandering to Labor

Mark Hemingway · October 12, 2015 4:00 am

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 3 on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims fall by more than expected to 263,000

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2015 12:31 pm

Union members marchÂ in the annual Labor Day Parade in New York, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. In most states, workersÂ can still be forced to accept union representation.Â (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)

New speaker should make Employee Rights Act a priority

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2015 6:55 am