Tag: Labor

In this 2013, photo provided by Center for Individual Rights, Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran Orange County, Calif., school teacher, poses for a portrait. Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in a case brought by group of California schoolteachers asking the Supreme Court to rule that unions representing government workers can't collect fees from those who choose not to join. (Greg Schneider/Courtesy of the Center for Individual Rights via AP)

Supreme Court agrees to hear major right-to-work case

Sean Higgins · June 30, 2015 7:18 pm

Mike Baute from Florida's Child Predator CyberCrime Unit talks with people on instant messenger during the unveiling of a new CyberCrimes office March 7, 2008 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Sorry, college grads — Obama’s overtime rule makes you a lot less attractive to hire

David Freddoso · June 30, 2015 5:41 pm

A city office employee works into the night as darkness closes in on October 10, 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Obama to double overtime eligibility

Sean Higgins · June 30, 2015 3:27 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, joins members of the City Council and community leaders as he signs into law an ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 13, 2015. The ordinance makes Los Angeles the largest city in the U.S. to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

LA County balking at matching city’s $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2015 3:25 pm

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending June 20 on Thursday, June 25, 2015. (Deborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Jobless claims nearly steady at 271,000

Joseph Lawler · June 25, 2015 12:34 pm

In a letter to the Senate, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights said it could not support the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act because the current version lacks any significant testing systems. (AP Photo)

Education fight pits teachers unions against civil rights activists

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

Katherine Archuleta, director of OPM, testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearings to review IT spending and date security at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Federal worker union demands lifetime credit monitoring after OPM hack

Nicole Duran · June 23, 2015 11:45 pm

Perez on Tuesday forcefully pushed back on the idea that the rule would limit the options available to small businesses and their employees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Labor secretary: ‘Stakes could not be higher’ in retirement rule fight

Joseph Lawler · June 23, 2015 9:38 pm

Hillary says she’d vote against ‘Fast Track’ without guarantee on worker aid

Ariel Cohen · June 19, 2015 2:29 pm

Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. (Getty Images)

Strange bedfellows unite in scorn of high-tech visa program

Sean Higgins · June 19, 2015 4:01 am

California tries to push Uber into yesterday’s labor market

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2015 4:01 am

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending June 13 on Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims fall to 267,000, well below expectations

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2015 12:39 pm