Tag: Labor

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that the proposed rule would entail "unintended consequences" for some workers, making it harder for small businesses that can't afford in-house financial advisers to offer retirement plans to their employees. (iStock photo)

Chamber challenges rule against kickbacks for retirement advisers

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2015 3:07 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sits in on a round table discussion as she visits the Kikis Chicken and Waffles restaurant on May 27, 2015 in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton phones in speech to workers: ‘We need you out there leading the fight’

Barbara Boland · June 7, 2015 8:10 pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order in February creating a "direct care worker representative" position that could be filled by a labor organization and would otherwise act as a union.Â (AP File/Matt Rourke)

Lawsuits seek to stop Pa. from creating unofficial union for home care providers

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2015 1:45 pm

Walmart argued that the dress code was used to prohibit various items, including a three-inch-by-five-inch piece of paper with the inscription, "Comrade [name]. How may the Communist Party help you?" (Getty)Â

Obama administration slaps down Walmart dress code

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2015 9:06 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) union workers with SEIU Local 1021 hold signs as they picket in front of the Lake Merritt station on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California.

Beltway Confidential

Online union shopping tool helps you find a worse deal

Jason Russell · June 5, 2015 5:45 pm

280,000 job gains beat expectations in May, unemployment at 5.5 percent

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2015 12:30 pm

Target cashier rings up customers at a Target store May 15, 2006 in Albany, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Teenage employment at its best point since the recession

Nathan Rubbelke · June 5, 2015 9:00 am

Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association walk a picket line outside the Boston Sheraton Hotel, where the U.S. Conference of Mayors is holding their convention June 28, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Free trade pits Democratic Party’s past against its future

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

Workers react as the Los Angeles City Council votes 13-1 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, but a second vote is required for final approval because the tally was not unanimous, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

LA City Council rebuffs unions on exception to $15 wage, for now

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2015 7:56 pm

A crowd gathers for a huge 15-county job fair in Georgia. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Jobless claims down to 276,000

Joseph Lawler · June 4, 2015 1:01 pm

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has criticized lawmakers who support the fast-track trade bill. (Getty Image)

Democrats fed up with union arm twisting on trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 4, 2015 4:01 am

Â AFT President Randi WeingartenÂ (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Interns unionize at major teachers union

Jason Russell · June 4, 2015 12:40 am