Tag: Labor

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Here’s where illegal immigrants in the U.S. work

Kelly Cohen · March 27, 2015 12:53 pm

First-time claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected to 282,000 for the week ending March 21. (iStock Photo)

Jobless claims fall to 282,000

Joseph Lawler · March 26, 2015 12:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

Did you know Obama just took new executive action on immigration?

Byron York · March 25, 2015 10:56 pm

If an hourly employee wants to work a few extra hours this week when it's convenient, what interest does the secretary of labor have in preventing such an arrangement? [AP Photo

Obama works overtime to raise the cost of doing business

Washington Examiner · March 24, 2015 9:00 am

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner talks about economic issues in Illinois during his stop at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel in Decatur, Ill., Monday March 23, 2015. The workers are seeking to join a similar lawsuit filed last month by Rauner. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Jim Bowling)

Illinois gov’t workers sue to end mandatory dues

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2015 8:22 pm

Hillary Clinton embraces corporate ‘wage subsidies,’ hints at presidential bid

Paul Bedard · March 23, 2015 4:30 pm

A migrant worker picks oranges at a grove March 29, 2006 in Bradenton, Florida. (Phillippe Diederich/Getty Images)

More protection for illegal workers

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

Demonstrators protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. (Kyodo)

Left digging in its heels over Obama’s push on trade

Brian Hughes · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

Many fired workers are required to sign non-disparagement agreements as a condition of their severance. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Silenced workers who lost jobs to H-1B visa abuse (quietly) speak out

Byron York · March 22, 2015 12:37 pm

The National Labor Relations Board charged the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its individual franchises in a series of unfair labor practice complaints. [AP Photo

Big biz warns NLRB ‘joint employer’ rule goes beyond franchising

Sean Higgins · March 21, 2015 9:00 am

Donohue said the change in the joint employer standard was just the latest move by the administration "to overhaul labor law for their own purposes."Â (AP File Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chamber of Commerce: White House acted on net neutrality for political reasons

Sean Higgins · March 20, 2015 7:42 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Republicans target NLRB in attempt to roll back ‘micro-unions’

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2015 10:51 pm