Tag: Labor

Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,Â scolded critics of No Child Left Behind, saying the law, while it had its flaws, had been made a scapegoat for educational problems that were instead caused by institutional racism. "I am not prepared to turn my back on a [federal] system that has shown some improvement," he said.Â (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Civil rights groups slam Senate Education bill for reducing federal oversight

Sean Higgins · July 16, 2015 7:47 pm

Job seekers attend a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending July 11 on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims fall to 281,000

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2015 12:35 pm

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, stands with council members after signing into law an ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

L.A. mayor hopes others do not adopt $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · July 16, 2015 4:01 am

The engineers voted unanimously on July 8 to strike unless President Obama assembled the emergency board, which now has 30 days to find a solution to the impasse. (AP Photo)Â

Obama gives in to rail union in labor dispute

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2015 5:54 pm

The Labor Department issued a broad and potentially far-reaching guidance Wednesday saying that most employers could no longer get away with calling workers "independent contractors" as a way of skirting the federal wage and law hours. (AP Photo)

Labor Dept. warns employers on calling workers ‘independent contractors’

Sean Higgins · July 15, 2015 11:46 am

Businesses often ignore E-Verify

Sean Higgins · July 15, 2015 4:01 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hold a dllar bill as speaks to supporters as he announces he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at the Waukesha County Expo Center, July 13, 2015, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Scott Walker: Minimum wage is a ‘lame’ Democratic idea

Kelly Cohen · July 14, 2015 1:50 pm

Not only are these union representatives paid to work outside the classroom; they also make more than the average Michigan teacher. According to the Michigan Department of Education, the average 2013-14 teacher's salary was $72,500. (Getty Image)

Beltway Confidential

School board provides $250,000 to teachers working on union business

Emily Leayman · July 13, 2015 8:35 pm

"Pundits can evaluate the political meaning if the want, but my view is very plain: These are hateful and racist viewpoints," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo)Â

Union boss doesn’t waste words in response to Walker announcement

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2015 4:00 pm

Republican presidential candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, speaks during a town hall event at the Main Street Cafe in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Huckabee courts Big Labor’s support

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2015 3:20 pm

There's a very simple reason why women participating in the recent World Cup don't earn as much money as their male counterparts -- because there's less interest in watching women's sport. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Democrats fundraise off alleged pay inequality at Women’s World Cup

Ashe Schow · July 10, 2015 5:47 pm

Front-running Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, and her top challengers, Sen. Bernie Sanders, center, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, will meet privately with the AFL-CIO's executive council at the end of July. (AP Photos)

Hillary and her rivals to meet with union leaders

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2015 5:24 pm