Tag: Labor

President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day, and to announce new executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama blasts GOP for blocking paycheck fairness bill

Brian Hughes · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

The "Paycheck Fairness Act," is a key measure in the Democratic agenda, which lawmakers admit has little chance of passing but which will contrast their party with the GOP ahead of the critical 2014 agenda. (AP Photo)

Senate Republicans block paycheck fairness bill at center of Democratic political agenda

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

The "Paycheck Fairness Act," is a key measure in the Democratic agenda, which lawmakers admit has little chance of passing but which will contrast their party with the GOP ahead of the critical 2014 agenda. (AP Photo)

Seeking political gain, Democrats welcome Republican defeat of Paycheck Fairness bill

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

Obama signs actions taking aim at gender pay gap

Washington Examiner · April 8, 2014 8:31 pm

GM to invest $449 million in 2 Detroit-area factories

GM to invest $449 million in 2 Detroit-area factories

Tom Krisher · April 8, 2014 6:26 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, recruiter Valera Kulow, left, speaks with job seeker Leonardo Vitiello during a career fair in Dallas. The Labor Department's job openings and labor turnover survey for February is released on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

US employers advertised more open jobs in February

Josh Boak · April 8, 2014 2:40 pm

Confetti and balloons fall as members of the Maryland House of Delegates celebrate the end of the 2014 legislative session in Annapolis, Md., early Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Maryland lawmakers pass minimum wage increase

BRIAN WITTENICK TABOR · April 8, 2014 4:49 am

EXography: Globe-trotting honchos spend big on FMCS’ dime

EXography: Globe-trotting honchos spend big on FMCS’ dime

Luke Rosiak · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Tuesday was dubbed "National Equal Pay Day." (Thinkstock)

GOP defends policies as female-friendly

David M. Drucker · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

NBC leans forward toward union-busting, NLRB says

Sean Higgins · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Today is Equal Pay Day, an invented milestone created by those who want to push the myth that women make 77 cents for every dollar men make. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

No, women do not make 77 cents for every dollar men make

Ashe Schow · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez addresses a meeting at the National Association of Social Workers in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 1987. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)

Beltway Confidential

‘Workers centers are just third-wave unions,’ says labor activist

Sean Higgins · April 8, 2014 4:00 am