Tag: Labor

Employment Is Up. Why Aren’t Wages?

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 9, 2015 10:18 am

Happening: Companies hiring cheaper immigrants to take U.S. jobs

Paul Bedard · May 8, 2015 8:38 pm

The Labor Department releases employment data for April on Friday, May 8, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

223,000 new payroll jobs in April, unemployment ticks down to 5.4 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 8, 2015 12:35 pm

Erika Padilla, center, and Michael McKeown, right, meet with job applicants during a National Career Fairs job fair, in Chicago. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Jobless claims scrape lowest levels in 15 years

Joseph Lawler · May 7, 2015 12:45 pm

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said the new proposed rule was made after "extensive research, study and careful analysis." (AP Photo)Â

White House readies new rules on overtime

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2015 8:01 pm

Policy experts line up in debate over right-to-work zones in Illinois

Amanda Robert · May 5, 2015 2:43 pm

Sessions: Trade Deal Opens Immigration Floodgates

Daniel Halper · May 3, 2015 10:30 pm

The White House and House GOP leaders have made no secret of their personal hostilities this year ever since Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo)Â

White House, GOP snipe over stalling trade bills

Susan Crabtree · May 2, 2015 12:00 pm

Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 15 years

Joseph Lawler · April 30, 2015 12:50 pm

In 2014, the Labor Department reported that union membership fell again to 11.1 percent of workers, down from 11.3 percent the previous year. (AP Photo)

Obama’s crusade for Big Labor continues

Heather Greenaway · April 30, 2015 9:00 am

Mass. AG drafts new regulations for worker sick leave law

LocalLabs News Service · April 29, 2015 3:36 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Drone accountability

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2015 5:00 pm