Tag: Labor

In this June 23, 2014 photo, job seekers wait in line to meet with recruiters during a job fair in Philadelphia. The government issues the July jobs report on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Solid US job gains expected for 6th straight month

Christopher Rugaber · August 1, 2014 11:15 am

In this Thursday, July 24, 2014 photo, an inmate sits by a window at the mental health unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Stockton Health Facility in Stockton, Calif. The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians union says that employees at the facility were instructed to routinely falsify suicide watch records, endangering inmates and violating standards imposed in response to federal court orders. The union claims inadequate staffing is prompting shortcuts that circumvent requirements meant to protect inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Union: California prison staff told to fake checks

Don Thompson · July 31, 2014 11:22 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Illinois extends Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn ruling to daycare providers

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2014 10:56 pm

Obama order presses contractors to obey labor laws

Josh Lederman · July 31, 2014 7:39 pm

VIDEO: Obama signs another executive order

Lisa Ruhl · July 31, 2014 7:11 pm

In this June 23, 2014 photo, recruiter Christina O, left, with New Western Acquisitions, meets with employment seekers during a job fair in Philadelphia. As the economic recovery enters its sixth year, many Americans don't feel better off. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

As US job market strengthens, many don’t feel it

JOSH BOAKCHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER · July 31, 2014 5:48 pm

FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

US jobless aid applications rise to 302,000

Josh Boak · July 31, 2014 1:38 pm

Mary Kay Baum joins hundreds of labor union members at a rally to protest the collective bargaining measures of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's administration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., in 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds law that ended collective bargaining for public workers

Associated Press · July 31, 2014 12:36 pm

Not backing down: Obama to issue another executive action

Not backing down: Obama to issue another executive action

Susan Crabtree · July 31, 2014 11:51 am

Chicago mayor proposes hike in hourly minimum wage

Chicago mayor proposes hike in hourly minimum wage

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 10:19 pm

Market Basket CEOs: workers must return by Monday

Market Basket CEOs: workers must return by Monday

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 9:06 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called the Davis-Bacon Act wasteful and counterproductive, saying it hurt unskilled workers and cost taxpayers money. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Top Senate Republican calls for repealing union-backed wage law

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2014 3:42 pm