Tag: Labor

New York State Trooper Maxine Mendez, left, speaks to Xiaojiao Zuo, of Queens, about employment opportunities during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Hiring Our Heroes jobs expo at Citi Field in New York. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims data on Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Jobless claims rise to 297,000

Joseph Lawler · July 9, 2015 12:36 pm

English teacher Radka Tomasek speaks to the class at the English Center June 16, 2006 in Miami, Fla. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The labor case that could lead to educational freedom

Ilya Shapiro, Jason Bedrick · July 9, 2015 4:01 am

A New York Times reporter believed that it was self-evident that the Export-Import Bank boosts jobs, and that ending it would cost jobs. (Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Three reasons ending the Export-Import Bank won’t cost jobs

Timothy P. Carney · July 8, 2015 5:47 pm

An employee views trading screens at the offices of Panmure Gordon and Co on October 20, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Unintended consequences also work overtime

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2015 4:01 am

Chamber of Commerce attacks labor board in ad

Sean Higgins · July 7, 2015 11:34 pm

"Congress and all of us can do better than 'not our problem' for our nation's students. They deserve more than Congress doing what is easy, such as rolling back accountability for student achievement," George Miller said. (AP Photo)Â

Debate over student testing splits liberals

Sean Higgins · July 7, 2015 10:49 pm

Chipotle restaurant workers fill orders for customers on the day that the company announced it will only use non-GMO ingredients in its food on April 27, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Study: Minimum wage hike boosted price of Chipotle burritos

Emilie Padgett · July 7, 2015 7:22 pm

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta greets Senator James Lankford, R-OK, at a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015. Archuleta testifiee on the data security breach at the OPM. The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Federal workers want in on new overtime rules

Nicole Duran · July 7, 2015 4:17 pm

The Labor Department issues its May report on job openings and labor turnover on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job openings at 5.4 million in May; record high

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2015 2:34 pm

Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue said the Chamber sues the federal government almost 200 times a year. (Getty)

Here’s how business groups plan to fight Obama’s overtime rules

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2015 1:34 am

Economy adds 223,000 jobs in June, unemployment falls to 5.3 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2015 12:32 pm

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Gawker unionization fight: A symbol of union irrelevancy in today’s economy

Kevin Glass · July 1, 2015 4:01 am