Tag: Labor

Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on an NLRB complaint against Boeing Co. on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Courts keep ruling Obama labor officials serve illegally

Sean Higgins · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gestures while speaking to nurses during a visit to the National Nurses United office, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Nurses union endorses Bernie Sanders over Clinton

Daniel Chaitin · August 11, 2015 2:25 am

The Gig Is Up

Irwin M. Stelzer · August 8, 2015 3:01 am

Under Obama, all job gains among women have gone to foreign-born females. AP Photo

Jobs shock: 100% of female employment gains taken by foreigners since 2007

Paul Bedard · August 7, 2015 6:40 pm

The Labor Department releases employment data for July on Friday. (Deborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Economy adds 215,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 12:50 pm

McConnell recommends for the lead counsel in the Supreme Court case against Obama's recess appointments.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Will critic of labor board get appointment to serve on it?

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 4:01 am

Global stock markets were muted Thursday, as jitters about upcoming U.S. jobs data kept buying appetite in check. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jobless claims beat expectations at 270,000

Joseph Lawler · August 6, 2015 12:34 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Labor board: Employer cannot say union could hurt business

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

The biggest beneficiary of the U.S.'s inability to reach a consensus with its trading partners on the Trans-Pacific Partnership may be Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo)Â

Sanders may be biggest beneficiary of trade deal delay

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

The decision does mean states that require certain spousal benefits must now ensure the requirements extend to same-sex spouses, legal and policy experts say. (AP Photo)Â

Employers denying same-sex benefits may be in trouble

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

It's been said, perceptively, that Hillary Clinton avoids public outrage precisely because she has such a track record of high-handedness and cronyism. (AP Photo)Â

Hillary Clinton to miss AFL-CIO Iowa candidate forum

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2015 8:09 pm

Researchers inspecting for computer viruses at Hauri Inc. the IT security software vendor on March 21, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

National Security

Labor Department vulnerable to data breach

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2015 6:02 pm