Tag: Labor

"The honor of [John] Boehner stands in sharp contrast to the self-serving idiocy of those in our party who seek to continually divide us.Â What he did is remarkable," David JollyÂ said. (AP Photo)Â

Lawmaker demands 40-hour work week … for Congress

Pete Kasperowicz · October 2, 2015 3:35 pm

"Too many middle-class families are still struggling in this economy, and we can do a lot better," House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Just isn’t good enough’: GOP slams Obama on weak jobs

Joseph Lawler · October 2, 2015 2:05 pm

The September jobs report coming Friday, will provide clues to the job market's health that go beyond the unemployment rate. (AP PhotoAlan Diaz)

Job growth disappoints at 142,000 in September, unemployment rate 5.1 percent

Joseph Lawler · October 2, 2015 12:31 pm

Not invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., for a labor summit next week, business groups stage their own.Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Conservatives to host worker summit before White House event

Sean Higgins · October 1, 2015 9:07 pm

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week ending Sept. 27 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

Jobless claims rise to 277,000, still near low levels

Joseph Lawler · October 1, 2015 12:35 pm

The House Financial Services Committee voted in favor of the bill, sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., to prevent the Department of Labor from finalizing the rule. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House panel OKs bill to stop Obama rule on investing kickbacks

Joseph Lawler · September 30, 2015 10:20 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will holdÂ a hearing on legislation dubbed the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate Republicans move against union power

Sean Higgins · September 30, 2015 4:01 am

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

Small business owners urge lawmakers to curb NLRB

Sean Higgins · September 29, 2015 6:23 pm

Members of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union.Â (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Washington Secrets

Report: 1 of 3 government workers in union, half as managers, professionals

Paul Bedard · September 29, 2015 2:59 pm

EPA says the update to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standards it announced Monday would cover the two million farm workers and their families who are stricken by thousands of cases of pesticide exposure each year.Â (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA seeks to stem ‘devastating impact’ of pesticide-borne illness

John Siciliano · September 28, 2015 8:28 pm

The National Labor Relations BoardÂ is considering designating companies that use temp agencies to be 'joint employers.'Â (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Feds move to help temp workers unionize

Sean Higgins · September 27, 2015 4:01 am

"The lesson we learned in 2013 was to mobilize, mobilize, mobilize and to torture every member of Congress until they get busy and do their job," J. David Cox said. (Wikimedia Commons)Â

Union vows to ‘torture’ lawmakers over gov’t shutdown

Sean Higgins · September 24, 2015 10:58 pm