Tag: Labor

Survey: US companies add 191,000 jobs in March

Survey: US companies add 191,000 jobs in March

Paul Wiseman · April 2, 2014 9:06 am

Standing beside a 40-ton continuous mining machine, coal miner Ron Bryant Jr. uses a waist-level remote control to cut coal more than 450 feet underground at the American Coal Company's Galatia Mine in Galatia, Ill. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Energy and Environment

Underreporting of injuries in mines needs to be fixed, Labor Department IG says

Kelly Cohen · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

Northwestern quarterbacks Zack Oliver, center, and Christian Salem, right, throw as the football team participates in an NCAA college spring football practice Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. After spring break, Northwestern resumed spring football practices with a huge issue that could change the college sports landscape hanging over their heads. A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that the team can bargain with the school as employees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

College athletes take labor cause to Capitol Hill

Kimberly Hefling · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Ann Arbor, Mich., about his proposal to raise the national minimum wage. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama mocks GOP message on minimum wage as ‘Get off my lawn’

Brian Hughes · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

VIDEO: Senate Dems and GOP weigh in on jobs and minimum wage

Lisa Ruhl · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to cut about half of the city's pension debt would raise property taxes while increasing the amount of money city workers contribute to their retirement. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Chicago mayor reaches tentative pension deal

Associated Press · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

Robert Menendez blocked GOP effort to honor Cesar Chavez’s immigration stance

Beltway Confidential

Robert Menendez blocked GOP effort to honor Cesar Chavez’s immigration stance

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about raising the minimum wage during a visit to a Costco store in Lanham, Md. "Give America a raise!" President Barack Obama implored Congress in his State of the Union address. But it would cost jobs, Republicans warned. The political divide over raising the federal minimum wage is deep, driven by politics, ideology and demographics. Democrats, it turns out, represent more poor and low-wage workers than Republicans do. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Minimum wage value falling but fairness is debated

Alan Fram · March 31, 2014 3:20 pm

Amazon workers on strike in Germany

Amazon workers on strike in Germany

Washington Examiner · March 31, 2014 5:56 am

Documents obtained following Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Naval Criminal Investigative Service, are displayed at the AP office in Tokyo on Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

FOIA exemptions provide ample cover for bureaucrats hiding agency secrets, transparency advocates say

Mark Flatten · March 31, 2014 4:00 am

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Rhode Island workers, retirees mull pension deal

David Klepper · March 31, 2014 4:00 am

Farm labor leader Cesar Chavez speaks at Boston University in Boston, Ma., Feb. 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Beltway Confidential

Labor Secretary cites Cesar Chavez, ignores his opposition to immigration

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2014 4:00 am