Tag: Labor

Step two means repealing the little-known, but highly significant 1920s-era Jones Act. The federal law prohibits tankers from hauling oil between U.S. ports unless they are American-made, flagged and manned by a crew that is 75 percent U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Conservative groups split on oil export bill

John Siciliano · October 8, 2015 4:01 am

"Her decision is a critical turning point, and will be invaluable in our effort to defeat TPP," said Trumka.Â (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

AFL-CIO praises Clinton’s turn against trade deal

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2015 11:56 pm

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Michelle Miller, co-founder of coworker.org, left, speaks during a conversation co-hosted by Coworker.org during the White House Summit on Worker Voice, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama: Customers will accept paying more for higher minimum wage

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2015 11:16 pm

President Obama stops to pose for a photograph with Terrence Wise, right, and Wise's mom Joann Wise, center, during the White House Summit on Worker Voice, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama takes credit for local minimum wage increases

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2015 10:07 pm

Biden: ‘If I Don’t Move I’ll Be Demoted To Secretary Of State Or Something’

Shoshana Weissmann · October 7, 2015 8:00 pm

Terrence Wise, a second-generation fast food worker at McDonald's and Burger King in Kansas City, Mo., introduces President Obama during the White House Summit on Worker Voice, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama wants millennials to unionize

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2015 7:22 pm

"Collective bargaining is a win-win solution," said Labor Secretary Tom Perez. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

White House promotes unions as economic solution

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2015 5:05 pm

The right to vote on workplace unionization and the right to consent to funding political causes are more than justÂ issues of basic fairness for employees. (AP Photo)

White House summit is muzzle, not megaphone, of worker voice

Richard Berman, Newt Gingrich · October 7, 2015 4:02 am

In this Aug. 1, 2012 photo, stylist Cliff Freeman braids the hair of Danielle Maddox, 25, at Maxine salon's Braid Bar in Chicago. (AP Photo/Caryn Rousseau)

Braiding without a license: A crime in Texas

Sean Higgins · October 6, 2015 11:17 pm

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) complained bitterly that she and other lawmakers who are trade skeptics were not fully briefed on the details of the agreement, especially on the last-minute details. "We, like you, have had to rely on leaks," she told reporters Monday.

Liberals slam Obama on trade deal

Sean Higgins · October 5, 2015 5:28 pm

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump signs autographs as he arrives at a campaign stop, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Labor unions giving serious thought to endorsing Trump

Sean Higgins · October 4, 2015 4:01 am

The report said the safety administration with the Department of Labor was lax in training agency employees on the rules regarding whistleblowers and was slow to investigate cases and report the findings to the appropriate authorities. (AP Photo)Â

Inspector general: Labor Dept. must do more to protect whistleblowers

Sean Higgins · October 2, 2015 7:34 pm