Tag: Labor

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As tech giant calls for more foreign workers, Senate hears of displaced Americans

Byron York · March 19, 2015 9:55 pm

Phil Roe: "I think we can all agree that No Child Left Behind was well-intentioned, but it has failed our students and made things more difficult for our educators." (AP Photo)

House votes to prohibit rule speeding up workplace union organizing elections

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2015 3:24 pm

Jobless claims inch up to 291,000

Joseph Lawler · March 19, 2015 1:10 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez told a House panel Wednesday that the White House's proposed new overtime rule would be released sometime in the next few months. (AP Photo)

New overtime rule in next few months, Labor secretary says

Sean Higgins · March 18, 2015 4:17 pm

Union leader Randi Weingarten stated on Twitter that she had been aware of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's secret, private email address prior to the New York Times story that first revealed it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Teachers union leader Randi Weingarten knew Hillary Clinton’s email secret

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2015 7:02 pm

Although the programs were originally intended to help employers fill openings for which there were no qualified U.S. candidates, critics claim both H-1B and L-1 visas displace American workers in favor of foreign workers as businesses search for new ways to save money. (iStock)

Experts tell Senate panel Obama is wrong about America’s tech labor shortage

Sarah Bedford · March 17, 2015 3:10 pm

Gender differences could be a boon to cybersecurity industry

Katie Nelson · March 16, 2015 9:00 am

The strippers have argued that the practices, which attempt to circumvent minimum wage and other federal laws, violate the Fair Labor Standards Act. (iStock Photo)

Strippers’ court wins giving them leg up over clubs

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2015 9:00 am

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Jobless claims fall to 289,000

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2015 12:51 pm

The AFL-CIO headquarters is shown in Washington, DC, 01 August 2005. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Labor seeks to make pro-trade Dems a liability for party

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2015 9:00 am

"Welcomed some of great @IATSE guys on strike from the #Sharknado3 crew to the house of labor -- their house," Trumka said in a tweet. (AP)

AFL-CIO backs ‘Sharknado 3’ strikers

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2015 9:50 pm

Federal managers have too little incentive to fire employees doing substandard work after their yearlong probationary period because of the lengthy and expensive bureaucratic termination process. [iStock]Â

Federal bosses should fire poorly performing new-hires during their probation

Ethan Barton · March 11, 2015 6:27 pm