Tag: Labor

VIDEO: Obama announces Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Steve Doty · July 22, 2014 5:34 pm

The Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices in June on Tuesday.ÃÂ Gasoline prices spiked 3.3 percent, driving two-thirds of the measured Consumer Price Index inflation.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Inflation flattens out in June, and some good news for consumers

Joseph Lawler · July 22, 2014 2:58 pm

A bus with a sign $10.10 on the side toured the country for Americans United for Change, which is promoting the minimum wage hike from $7.25 an hour. AP Photo

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Poll: Republicans couldn’t live on minimum wage — but fight raising it

Paul Bedard · July 22, 2014 1:03 am

President Barack Obama speaks before signing an executive order to protect LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington. Obama's executive orders signed Monday prohibit discrimination against gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, without a new exemption that was requested by some religious organizations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Gay, transgender workers gain US bias protection

Nedra Pickler · July 21, 2014 9:42 pm

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

For Obama’s labor policy, no setback is permanent

Sean Higgins · July 21, 2014 8:33 pm

1-day NYC health care workers’ walkout averted

1-day NYC health care workers’ walkout averted

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2014 4:20 pm

Douglas County is not obligated to contribute the same amount to retiree health plans as it does for active employees, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled. (iStock Image)

Douglas County retirees lose health plan challenge

Associated Press · July 20, 2014 7:00 pm

Women go online to protest ‘everyday sexism’

Sylvia Hui · July 20, 2014 4:55 pm

In this Thursday, July 17, 2014 photo construction workers build a commercial complex in Springfield, Ill. The state jobless rate has dropped for four straight months and is at its lowest point since October 2008. Illinois has lagged the country as a whole in its recovery from recession, and the state's unemployment rate has been among the worst in the country for months. Thursday's report provides signs that Illinois may be starting to catch up. Construction companies added 3,500 jobs in June, an increase of 1.8 percent. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Quinn, Rauner use jobs claims as campaign weapons

David Mercer · July 20, 2014 3:55 pm

Florida Gov. to highlight job creation proposals

Florida Gov. to highlight job creation proposals

Washington Examiner · July 20, 2014 1:35 pm

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 18, 2014, as he boards Marine One helicopter to the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: US must retrain workers who lose jobs

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2014 10:00 am

US states with higher minimum wages gain more jobs

US states with higher minimum wages gain more jobs

Christopher Rugaber · July 19, 2014 7:01 am